Scope of the Special Issue
This invited special issue presents a curated set of authoritative contributions addressing cybersecurity risks, resilience, and strategic dynamics across the maritime domain. The scope encompasses cyber-physical systems and digitally enabled operations within the Maritime Transportation System (MTS), including vessels, ports, terminals, offshore infrastructure, and interconnected logistics and supply chains.
The issue focuses on three tightly integrated dimensions:
- Operational Cybersecurity: Threats, vulnerabilities, and defensive practices affecting shipboard systems, port operations, navigation technologies, and maritime OT/IT convergence.
- Governance and Policy: Regulatory frameworks, standards development, risk governance models, and institutional coordination across national and international maritime stakeholders.
- Strategic and Emerging Risks: Grey-zone conflict, information warfare, AI-enabled threats, and geopolitical dimensions of maritime cyber infrastructure.
Contributions collectively emphasize decision relevance, linking technical insights to implications for policymakers, regulators, and senior operational leaders. The issue prioritizes work that advances system-level understanding, rather than isolated technical vulnerabilities, and highlights cross-cutting challenges spanning people, process, and technology.
