Coast Guard Cyber Update
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Welcome to April! The sight of robust commerce is a delight to me as the weather warms up. Tows are moving up and down the river beautifully. Your facilities are vital to this commerce, and I applaud you all on working so hard to keep our rivers active and safe. I wish I could tell you…
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In 2022, public safety officials, security professionals, and facility owners and operators experienced an unprecedented number of bomb threats and responded to hundreds of threats that disrupted daily lives and operations. As an example, in the months of January and February Historically Black Colleges and Universities received over 65 bomb threats; in the months of…
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Read More CISA, NSA and ODNI Publish Assessment on Potential Threats to 5G Network Slicing
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Read More What/Who is Cisa?
On November 16, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018, which elevated the mission of the former NPPD within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), establishing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). CISA is a successor agency to NPPD and assists both other government agencies and private sector organizations in addressing infrastructure and cybersecurity issues.
IRPT works closely with CISA to inform the inland river industry of available training courses offered by CISA, current potential threats to infrastructure and/or cyber that could adversely impact industry, and free services CISA provides that are available to industry.
CISA subcomponents include the:
- Cybersecurity Division
- Infrastructure Security Division
- Emergency Communications Division
- National Risk Management Center
- Integrated Operations Division
- Stakeholder Engagement Division
- National Emergency Technology Guard (inactive, but can be activated by the director of CISA)
Regional/District Contacts:
