Security Challenges in the Maritime Domain

RADM James Olson (USCG ret) MacAulay-Brown Senior Director, DHS & Maritime Programs

Critical Infrastructure Protection Panel

SIA Government Summit

June 4, 2013

National Strategy for Maritime SecuritySeptember 2005

Presidential Policy Directives (PPD 4, 18, 21)

2010, 2012, 2013

Domestic OutreachMaritime Transportation

System Security

International Outreach & Coordination

Maritime Infrastructure Recovery

Maritime Commerce Security

Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA)

Global Maritime Intelligence Integration (GMII)

Maritime Operational Threat Response (MOTR)

National Level Policy Implementation

Fragmented National Level GovernanceInability to secure maritime infrastructuresTransportation systems set up for efficiencySecurity Systems set up for effectiveness

Highly Interconnected Global Maritime System Oceangoing Fleet

135,000+ vessels > 100T 40,000+ commercial ships 198 international flags

Containers 20M+ moving globally 354M moves per year 971M tons cargo annually

Maritime Transportation System Over 80% of global trade and commerce Over 90% US trade (total imports & exports) Trillion dollar industry

Ports & Waterways 361 commercial ports in US

17 strategic ports Over 95,000 miles of shoreline

Crew Over 1M merchant mariners Multinational crews

Gaps & Vulnerabilities in Our Nation’s Ports

- Small Vessel Threat- Insider Threat- Transnational Crime- Major Disaster

Small Vessel Threat "The use of a small boat as a weapon is likely to remain al Qaeda's weapon of choice in the maritime environment,

given its ease in arming and deploying, low cost, and record of success."

Insider ThreatTWIC Cards

Dock WorkersContract Workers

Transportation Workers

Transnational CrimeNational Security Threat

International Illegal Trafficking

Major DisasterCauses long term port shutdown

Terrorist AttackNatural Disaster

Environmental Changes Water levels

Storms

SolutionsMitigate Impacts

Critical Incident ResilienceRegional and International Planning

Use of Technology

Way AheadCritical Incident Resilience

Interagency and International Coordinated PlanningAssign ResponsibilityDevelop Solution Sets

Develop Mitigation Plans