Coast Guard, Area Maritime Security partners conduct 2 Cyber Security exercises in U.S. Virgin Islands

Coast Guard and Area Maritime Security partner members conducted two Cyber Security tabletop exercises in the U.S. Virgin Islands Wednesday and Friday. The exercises completed in St Croix, Wednesday, and St Thomas, Friday, evaluated regulated waterfront facilities’ priorities and response actions resulting from a simulated cybersecurity insider threat, and assessed the facilities’ cybersecurity resiliency in response to a simulated significant ransomware incident. “This Cyber Security Exercise is instrumental for us to continue strengthening our governmental and industry partnerships and the level of preparedness within our Caribbean Area Maritime Security community,” said Capt. Luis J. Rodriguez, Coast Guard Sector San Juan commander.  “By frequently training together, we improve our ability to collectively respond to a real complex incident that could affect our area of responsibility, which also allows us to better safeguard, prevent and minimize any negative impacts to our maritime infrastructure and economy.”