DEFENSA

Compounding these threats are sophisticated supply chain concerns. A significant number of ship-to-shore cranes at major North American ports originate from Chinese state-controlled manufacturers, raising legitimate worries over built-in backdoors or vulnerabilities that could be exploited for cyber-attacks or espionage. 

To address the MITM attack vector and broader cybersecurity needs for port  environments, Akimbo Technology Inc. has developed the DEFENSA suite of  cybersecurity solutions. The DEFENSA Ethernet (DE) product specifically  targets MITM threats within Ethernet networks commonly used in crane  control systems.

Employing advanced dynamic distributed fault-tolerant computing, the DE  solution provides real-time autonomous detection, correction, and healing  capabilities to automatically mitigate and recover from successful MITM  breach attempts. It seamlessly integrates in-line with existing network  infrastructure like switches to enable fault tolerant dynamic routing (FTDR).

This multi-layered approach ensures DEFENSA can quickly identify anomalous  traffic patterns indicative of a MITM attack. It can then dynamically re-route  data flows over secure paths, while simultaneously initiating correction  protocols to remediate any malicious configuration changes attempted by the  attacker. 

By combining robust threat detection with autonomous correction and  healing responses, all facilitated through seamless integration with physical  networks, DEFENSA aims to provide comprehensive cyber resilience for  maritime port operations against the MITM attack vector.