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LET'S BUILD TOGETHER A SECTOR OF EXCELLENCE IN MARITIME CYBERSECURITY. Providing the maritime and port world with concrete and tailored solutions in terms of cybersecurity, for strengthening the resilience of the sector, and for the promotion of French excellence in maritime cybersecurity in Europe and internationally.

The digitization challenges of the maritime and port world

The maritime and port world has embarked on an unprecedented digital transformation. While digitization improves the performance, security and competitiveness of the sector, it also brings new vulnerabilities that can be exploited by cybercriminals. Cyber attacks on the maritime and port sector have multiplied in recent years, resulting in considerable financial losses for the operators concerned.

Particularities in the field of cybersecurity

The maritime and port sectors have specific characteristics that differentiate them from other sectors when it comes to cyber security. A ship at sea rarely has a cyber expert in its crew. It is connected to the land by satellite links with narrow and expensive bandwidth, which limits the possibility of remote monitoring and intervention. A port is a complex entity made up of dozens of IT, OT and business systems that communicate with each other to ensure the smoothest possible flow of maritime traffic and ever-increasing logistics flows.

“France fully understands the challenges related to cybersecurity in the maritime sector, both in terms of protection of information systems and in terms of economic development of a sector and thus decides to create a Cybersecurity Commission. and the foreshadowing of a national cybersecurity coordination center for the maritime sector ”.

46th measure of the Interministerial Committee for the Sea (November 2018).

Towards an ambitious French industry's excellence in maritime cybersecurity

France Cyber Maritime will bring together maritime and port operators with specific needs and qualified cybersecurity solution providers. Encouraged and supported by public and regional players, the trust-based collaboration between members will foster the ambition to develop French expertise in maritime cybersecurity, which will radiate throughout Europe and worldwide, for the mutual benefit of all parties, in the service of France’s competitiveness and sovereignty.

It will take the concrete form of an offer of specific services adapted to the needs of the industry: auditing and consulting, R&D, development of specific products and services, maintenance in security condition, training and education, promotion and animation, etc.

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Raise awareness in terms of Cyber Threats

C2M2 survey of the maritime and port industry, July 2020

“How do you rate the level of exposure of your business to a cyber threat ?”

  • low : 14%
  • Medium : 50%
  • High : 36%

“Has your entity ever been subject to an attempted cyber attack (denial of service, phishing – malicious emails or links)?”

  • Does not know : 13%
  • Does not think so : 14%
  • No : 9%
  • Yes : 64%

France Cyber Maritime, the French sectoral response to cybersecurity issues in the maritime world

The maritime and port world has embarked on an unprecedented digital transformation. While digitization improves the performance, security and competitiveness of the sector, it also brings new vulnerabilities that can be exploited by cybercriminals. Cyber attacks on the maritime and port sector have multiplied in recent years, resulting in considerable financial losses for the operators concerned.

At the end of 2019, a working group is bringing together the first good willing players from the maritime and cyber sectors under the leadership of the Secrétariat Général de la Mer (SGMer). Its work was to define the purpose and missions of a national cybersecurity coordination center for the maritime sector and propose the creation of a legal structure to move from design to implementation.

The association FRANCE CYBER MARITIME was created on November 17, 2020, with the support of the SGMer, the Agence Nationale de Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information (ANSSI) and about fifteen public and private partners.

Its missions :

  • Strengthen the development of a French industry of excellence in maritime cybersecurity, by offering services and solutions adapted to the needs of the sector ;
  • Increase the resilience of the maritime and port world to cyber risks, by creating and establishing a Maritime Computer Emergency Response Team.
Guillaume Poupard ⋅ ANSSI ⋅ FRANCE ⋅ CYBER MARITIME

« French ships and ports are rapidly going digital, bringing new opportunities, but also new risks. ANSSI supports the association France Cyber Maritime, which will contribute to help the different actors of the maritime and port world work together ».

Guillaume Poupard

General Director of ANSSI, le 23 novembre 2020.

An associative structure that aims to federate

State bodies and local authorities in the "public actors" college

State bodies and local authorities in the "public actors" college

Operators from the maritime and port sectors, public or private, within the "users" college

Operators from the maritime and port sectors, public or private, within the "users" college

Qualified public or private cybersecurity solution providers in the "solutions" college

Qualified public or private cybersecurity solution providers in the "solutions" college

Its board is composed of 9 members, 3 per college.

Building a safer maritime and port world: the M-CERT

Greater resilience in the maritime and port world requires the creation of a system dedicated to monitoring, analyzing, sharing and managing incidents, the Maritime Computer Emergency Response Team (M-CERT).

Located in Brest, it will start up in mid-2021 and gradually increase in size with the aim of reaching full operational capacity by the end of 2023.

This nationwide structure will provide information and assistance to all maritime and port operators in metropolitan France and the French overseas territories.

Monitoring
Analysis
Sharing
Information Bulletins
Alert Bulletins
Incident Collecting
Incident Response Coordination

They support France Cyber Maritime

This center is strategic for our country and its naval industry. Its success is based on a global dynamic that will bring together all the players in the sector at the national level. This should also allow France to confirm its leadership at European level. 03.2020
Hervé GUILLOU

Hervé GUILLOU

Chairman and CEO, Naval Group
For me, your initiative is a very important and concrete response to these security challenges for our infrastructures. Be assured of my interest, my support and our collaboration in this unique project in Europe. 03.2020
Sandra ROCHE-VU QUANG

Sandra ROCHE-VU QUANG

Executive Director, Elengy
This initiative that you are leading seems to me to be extremely useful, as the issue of maritime cybersecurity, in the broad sense of the term, is a major concern of all players in the sector. 02.2020
Freddy MILESI

Freddy MILESI

Chairman, SEKOIA
This initiative that you are leading seems to me to be extremely useful, as the issue of maritime cybersecurity, in the broad sense of the term, is a major concern of all players in the sector. 02.2020
Guillaume VASSAULT-HOULIERE

Guillaume VASSAULT-HOULIERE

CEO, YesWeHack
I wanted to reiterate the support of ENSTA Bretagne for this initiative which unites and brings together all civil and military players in the maritime and port sectors. 05.2020
Pascal PINOT

Pascal PINOT

Director, ENSTA Bretagne
Through GICAN, it is indeed all the industrial players that we will mobilize alongside you. Be assured that we want to continue this dynamic in Brittany and see the creation of this coordination center in Brest in the near future. 12.2019
Hervé GUILLOU

Hervé GUILLOU

Chairman, GICAN
The creation of this center will allow us to have an effective relay, at the national and international level, to help spreading our know-how, but also to bring the expertise of our research professors on this cutting-edge subject. 05.2020
Paul FRIEDEL

Paul FRIEDEL

Chairman, IMT Atlantique
The creation of the structure that you are proposing, to which the ENSM is therefore particularly favorable, would bring undeniable added value for the coordination between the different actors, for the economic development of the sector in France and abroad by contributing to the influence of French know-how in this field.
Caroline GREGOIRE

Caroline GREGOIRE

Managing Director, ENSM
Representing the maritime sector and the blue economy in all its diversity, it seems to me more than relevant to see the national cybersecurity coordination center for the maritime sector set up in Brest. 05.2020
Frédéric MONCANY de SAINT-AIGNAN

Frédéric MONCANY de SAINT-AIGNAN

Chairman, Cluster Maritime Français
Thales is supporting the development of this project, of which the short-term commissioning of the maritime cyber attack alert and reaction center (M-CERT) constitutes the first operational brick.

Pierre JEANNE

VP director for the ITS domain France, Thales
I assure you of my full support in the conduct of this project and of the involvement of the Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique in the work to define this future center, so that cybersecurity finds its place, among other things, in innovation at the service of the maritime world. 06.2020
Marie-Josée VAIRON

Marie-Josée VAIRON

Chairwoman, Pôle Mer Bretagne Atlantique
By addressing all the maritime facades, you have brought together key players in cybersecurity who are all eager to participate in the realization of this center and Synacktiv strongly wishes to participate in this unifying movement to better put its skills at the service of the sector. 06.2020
Renaud FEIL

Renaud FEIL

Chairman, SYNACKTIV
The concrete initiative that you are carrying is essential to structure the French actors on the subject, but also to spread our know-how at European and international levels. 09.2020
Matthieu DE TUGNY

Matthieu DE TUGNY

Chairman, Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore
I wanted to reiterate our full and unwavering support for this beautiful and necessary initiative which unites and brings together all the players in the maritime, port and river sectors. 06.2020
Guillaume PRIGENT

Guillaume PRIGENT

Chairman, DIATEAM
Aware of the challenges and needs of a sector that we know well and on which we have worked, HarfangLab is keen to help you build an offer and services that will protect users and the economy of the sea. 10.2020
Grégoire GERMAIN

Grégoire GERMAIN

Chairman, HarfangLab
I wanted to confirm the full support of the French Naval Academy to France Cyber Maritime and I look forward to partnerships and joint work in the near future between the French Naval Academy, the naval cyber defense chair and your association. 11.2020
Commodore Benoît BAUDONNIERE

Commodore Benoît BAUDONNIERE

Commanding the French Naval Academy

"Join France Cyber Maritime"

“France Cyber Maritime’s ambition is to provide the maritime and port world with concrete and adapted cybersecurity solutions, in order to reinforce the sector’s resilience and promote French excellence in maritime cybersecurity in Europe and internationally. Joining France Cyber Maritime is a great opportunity to empower ourselves, to further our work and collective action in achieving this strong ambition in the service of strategic sectors for French sovereignty and economy.”

Frédéric Moncany de Saint-Aignan, President of France Cyber Maritime.

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