NATIONAL MARITIME CYBERSECURITY PLAN
ANNEX A
DIRECTIVES AND STATUTORY
PROVISIONS
Presidential Policy Directive (PPD)-18: Maritime Security: Defines the maritime domain as the
world’s oceans, seas, and waterways. PPD-18 affirms: leveraging public and private sector
relationships to enhance maritime domain awareness and sharing relevant information with
maritime stakeholders; promoting continuity and resilience of the MTS; facilitating free flow of
commerce; and encouraging adoption of security measures in commercial practices. As the
introduction of the Internet of Things (IoT) grows within the maritime environment, these themes
tie directly into cybersecurity.
PPD-21: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience: PPD-21 updates the national approach
and calls for improving overall critical infrastructure security and resilience, and specifically
cybersecurity. It defines critical infrastructure broadly, including cyber and other systems as well
as physical structures across 16 designated United States critical infrastructure sectors led by
sector-specific agencies (SSA). PPD-21 promoted the NIST Cybersecurity Framework for use by
critical infrastructure owners. The United States Coast Guard and the Department of
Transportation are the co-SSA for the Maritime Transportation System Subsector.15
PPD-41: United States Cyber Incident Coordination: An increase in the frequency of
significant cyber incidents requires synchronizing organizational and government incident
response. The private and public sectors have shared interests in safeguarding themselves from
malicious cyber activities and in managing cyber incidents and their consequences. PPD-41
outlines the principles, concurrent lines of effort, and leads for the Federal government’s national
response to significant cyber incidents. The principles include shared responsibility, risk-based
response, respecting affected entities, unity of governmental effort, and enabling restoration and
recovery. The concurrent lines of effort include threat response, asset response, and intelligence
support. Additionally, PPD-41 identifies three ways the Federal government coordinates its
activities: national policy coordination, national operational coordination, and field-level
coordination. Finally, PPD-41 directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a National
Cyber Security Incident Response Plan, in coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary
of Defense, and the heads of other SSAs. 16
15 The United States Coast Guard consults with the National Maritime Security Advisory Committee and similar
organizations to better understand and address cyber risks in the marine transportation system subsector. At the local level,
Federal Maritime Security Coordinators consult with Area Maritime Security Committees (AMSC).
16 Presidential Policy Directive 41, United States Cyber Incident Coordination (July 26, 2016),
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/07/26/presidential-policy-directive-united-states-cyberincident PPD-41 mandated that in coordinating responses to significant cyber incidents, “threat response” activity is led by
Department of Justice, acting through the FBI and National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force; “asset response” activity
is led by the Department of Homeland Security, acting through the National Cybersecurity and Communications
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