Port of Baltimore: cybersecurity threats not a ‘top challenge’ [REPORT]

The Maryland Port Administration, which oversees the Port of Baltimore, has not “conducted a cyberseurity vulnerability assessment” and has not “developed a cybersecurity response plan,” according to a Brookings Institution report published this month.
The report — “The Critical Infrastructure Gap: U.S. Port Facilities and Cyber Vulnerabilities” — examined the cyber vulnerabilities at six different U.S. ports.
Read the report here.
At the Maryland Port Administration, the “cybersecurity culture is not high,” according to the report.
But it’s a claim Port of Baltimore and Maryland Port Administration officials dispute, reports the Baltimore Sun:

Port of Baltimore spokesman Richard Scher called the 50-page study “misleading and factually incorrect.” … “We have the highest level of security available and a thorough response plan. MPA is very comfortable with what’s being done,” he said.

Read the full story at the Baltimore Sun.