On August 7, 2017, the U.S. Coast Guard ("USCG")
Office of Port and Facility Compliance released a "Content
Preview of the Passenger Operation Cybersecurity Framework
Profile" ("the Preview"). The Preview sets out and
describes 13 mission objectives with respect to passenger vessels
focusing on issues such as human, marine and environmental safety;
guest/hotel services and experiences; regulatory compliance;
passenger information and accounting systems; supply chains; port
turnarounds and operations; communications; life cycle asset
management; and back office (non-guest-facing) systems.
The Preview sets out to apply the National Institute of
Standards and Technology's (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework
("the Framework") to those mission objectives. This
application breaks the Framework down further into a variety of
subcategories assigning each relevant subcategory a priority within
the context of the 13 passenger vessel objectives.
