The Port of Los Angeles says it stopped 750 million cyber-intrusion attempts in 2023, as it continues work with the Biden administration to focus on cyber-resilience.
The port’s executive director Gene Seroka provided the update in an April 17 briefing, alongside Biden administration cybersecurity advisor Anne Neuberger. Neuberger highlighted efforts from the Port of Los Angeles’ Cyber Resilience Center (CRC) to identify and thwart threats since its launch in 2022, and praised the CRC as a “great example of how government and the private sector can work together in the context of critical services.”
Neuberger also addressed recent security concerns regarding communications equipment found on Chinese-built cranes operating at U.S. ports. Amid those worries, she pointed to recent efforts from the Biden administration to ramp up domestic crane manufacturing with trusted vendors.
“It’s such a big part of cybersecurity,” she said. “Hardware, software, physical infrastructure like cranes, knowing that these are trusted vendors and attracting that manufacturing back is a big part of building an overall trusted infrastructure.”
