摘要: |
Weston Hecker may wear a metaphorical white hat, but his main role is playing the bad guy. Hecker is an ethical hacker in the Houston office of Virginia-based Mission Secure Inc., one of a host of technology companies that provide platforms and products engineered to help the progressively digitalized maritime community curb an alarming increase in cyberthreats. Without guardrails in place, experts say the flat operational technology (OT) systems that control the physical operation of a vessel, in combination with new generation monitoring sensors and multiple third-party vendors, offer clear pathways for cyber outlaws to inject potentially catastrophic viruses that can disrupt everything from navigation to the manipulation of critical valves. |