"ODU Researchers Receive Grants to Address Maritime Cybersecurity Needs"
The Coastal Virginia Center for Cybersecurity Innovation (COVA CCI), the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) node for southeastern Virginia, has awarded $581,100 to seven maritime industry-focused cybersecurity research projects. Old Dominion University, Christopher Newport University, and the College of William and Mary submitted proposals in response to the COVA CCI request for proposals titled "Addressing Cybersecurity Compliance Challenges to Technology Adoption for the Maritime Industry." Researchers were asked to collaborate with maritime industry partners to resolve barriers to technology adoption resulting from or related to cybersecurity compliance issues. The projects seek to eliminate or mitigate cybersecurity obstacles to adopting new technologies such as cloud computing, 5G connectivity, and Machine Learning (ML). The projects include "Applying Risk Assessment Methodology to Produce Cyber-Hardened 5G Communication Capabilities for Autonomous Maritime Platforms," "Machine Learning-Enabled Dependency Network Analysis for Quantifying Risks and Ripple Effects Stemming from Cybersecurity Non-Compliance Issues," "Spotlighting and Mitigating Cyber Attacks in Artificial-Intelligence-of-Things (AIoT)-Enabled Maritime Transportation Systems," and more. This article continues to discuss the awarded projects aimed at addressing maritime cybersecurity needs.