美国海岸警卫队更新网络计划以反映快速的威胁变化
马克Pomerleau
2021 年 8 月 5 日星期四 02:05
华盛顿消息：美国海岸警卫队更新了其网络战略计划，承诺使用最佳实践来阻止威胁并将网络规划纳入其传统的任务准备中。
新的网络战略前景是美国海岸警卫队对近年来网络环境快速变化的反应，包括不稳定事件的增加和不断发展的安全技术和实践。
2021年8 月 3 日发布的展望文件建立在美国海岸警卫队 2015 年战略的基础上，该战略为该军种建立了网络空间这个新的作战领域。
“今天的网络空间明显比以往任何时候都复杂，对我们的国家安全和经济实力与稳定构成了新的威胁，”展望指出。“自 2015 年美国海岸警卫队网络战略发布以来，我们已经看到技术融合和加速以及重返大国竞争影响的全球网络空间出现了竞争。对信息机密性和可用性的攻击已经商业化，大大降低了进入壁垒。对信息完整性的攻击已被用来破坏公众对机构的信任并散播不和。”
美国海岸警卫队表示，它将在网络空间发展其防御能力，以帮助确保海上运输系统的安全，这是一个庞大的商业网络，由 25,000 多英里的水域组成，为 361 个港口提供服务。恶意行为者试图通过网络空间破坏商业，近年来造成数十亿美元的损失。
“海岸警卫队正在采取重要且必要的步骤，以加强物理和网络威胁交汇的安全和安保，”美国海岸警卫队指挥官卡尔舒尔茨海军上将在一份新闻稿中说。
该文件指出，美国海岸警卫队作为执法实体和武装部队拥有独特的权力，如果没有强大的网络能力，就无法实现其战略目标或任务。
美国海岸警卫队在三个领域的网络威胁工作：
保卫国防部信息网络的海岸警卫队部分。
保护海上运输系统：将带头努力使用最佳实践来识别和应对网络风险，制定统一的响应计划。海岸警卫队情报将提供对网络参与者和能力的认识，而可部署的网络部队将帮助指挥官应对威胁。
将网络能力与传统海岸警卫队能力一起投射，并将网络规划嵌入传统任务中。
By Mark Pomerleau
Thu Aug 5 2021 02:05 AM
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard updated its cyber strategic plans, committing to use best practices to thwart threats and weave cyber planning into its traditional mission preparation.
The new cyber strategic outlook is the Coast Guard’s response to rapid changes in the cyber environment in recent years, including an uptick in destabilizing events and evolving security technology and practices.
The outlook document, released Aug. 3, builds on the Coast Guard’s 2015 strategy that established cyberspace a new operational domain for the service.
“Today’s cyberspace is markedly more complex than ever before, posing novel threats to our national security and economic strength and stability,” the outlook stated. “Since the publication of the 2015 Coast Guard Cyber Strategy, we have seen the emergence of a contested global cyberspace influenced by the convergence and acceleration of technology and the return to Great Power Competition. Attacks on the confidentiality and availability of information have been commoditized, significantly lowering barriers to entry. Attacks on information integrity have been used to undermine public trust in institutions and sow discord.”
The Coast Guard said it will make its defensive abilities known in cyberspace to help secure the maritime transportation system, a vast commerce network comprised of over 25,000 miles of water serving 361 ports. Malicious actors have sought to disrupt commerce through cyberspace, leading to billions in losses in recent years.
“The Coast Guard is taking important and necessary steps to increase safety and security where physical and cyber threats converge,” Adm. Karl Schultz, commandant of the Coast Guard, said in a press release.
The document notes that the Coast Guard, which has unique authorities as a law enforcement entity as well as an armed service, cannot meet its strategic objectives or missions without a robust cyber capability.
Coast Guard efforts in three areas for cyber threats:
Defend the Coast Guard portion of the Department of Defense Information Network.
Protect the maritime transportation system: Captains of the port will lead efforts to use best practices to identify and react to cyber risks, developing unified response plans. Coast Guard intelligence will provide awareness of cyber actors and capabilities, while deployable cyber forces will help commanders responds to threats.
Project cyber capabilities alongside traditional Coast Guard capabilities and embed cyber planning in traditional missions.