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Assessing Cyber Challenges of Maritime Navigation
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This paper provides a close investigation into the landscape of both cyber threats and actual incidents in the maritime sector, identifying the cyber trends and challenges as they relate to safe navigation and marine shipping. As an important subset of cyber threats that impact many maritime systems, the vulnerabilities of satellite navigation systems, in particular the Global Positioning System (GPS), receive special attention. For this article, a systematic literature review was conducted, complemented by the research and analysis of a specific spoofing event. Analyzing available resources, we might summarize that a shift in mind-set is essential to direct more attention and resources toward cybersecurity as well as the necessity for manufacturers to improve the cybersecurity of their products, as shipping systems currently remain vulnerable to cybercriminals. There is a need for multiple positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems onboard maritime vessels to complement GPS-only navigation. The use of multiple satellite navigation constellations, public as well as private, in combination with the terrestrial components of an enhanced LOng-RAnge Navigation (eLoran) system and ports’ laser-based aid system for berthing and docking should provide the shipping industry with the direly needed increased protection from cyber-attackers for the foreseeable future.
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“most commercial vessels rely heavily on GNSS as their primary position source, often without cross-veri cation from radar, visual bearings, or inertial navigation (Androjna et al., 2020).”
From Emerging Maritime Threats in Global Geopolitics: GPS Spoofing as a Tool of Hybrid Warfare in Strategic Maritime Chokepoints (2026) · cites this paper as Androjna et al., 2020
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“Unmanned vessels relying on GNSS lacking real-time human intervention face heightened risks from spoo ng attacks, as they may struggle to verify their positions and react promptly (Androjna et al., 2020;Cichocki & Wójcik, 2025).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Androjna, A., Brcko, T., Pavic, I., & Greidanus, H.
- Affiliations
- Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport, University of Ljubljana, 6320 Portorož, Slovenia
- Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 21027 Ispra, Italy
- Venue
- Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2020-10-03
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 776
- ISSN
- 2077-1312
- Cited by
- 101
- References
- 1
- Language
- en
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