A Systematic Literature Review of Cyber Security Monitoring in Maritime
In recent years, many cyber incidents have occurred in the maritime sector, targeting the information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) infrastructure. One of the key approaches for handling cyber incidents is cyber security monitoring, which aims at timely detection of cyber attacks w...
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| author | Risto Vaarandi Leonidas Tsiopoulos Gabor Visky Muaan Ur Rehman Hayretdin Bahsi |
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| description | In recent years, many cyber incidents have occurred in the maritime sector, targeting the information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) infrastructure. One of the key approaches for handling cyber incidents is cyber security monitoring, which aims at timely detection of cyber attacks with automated methods. Although several literature review papers have been published in the field of maritime cyber security, none of the previous studies has focused on cyber security monitoring. The current paper addresses this research gap and surveys the methods, algorithms, tools and architectures used for cyber security monitoring in the maritime sector. For the survey, a systematic literature review of cyber security monitoring studies is conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol. The first contribution of this paper is the bibliometric analysis of related literature and the identification of the main research themes in previous works. For that purpose, the paper presents a taxonomy for existing studies which highlights the main properties of maritime cyber security monitoring research. The second contribution of this paper is an in-depth analysis of previous works and the identification of research gaps and limitations in existing literature. The gaps and limitations include several dataset and evaluation issues and a number of understudied research topics. Based on these findings, the paper outlines future research directions for cyber security monitoring in the maritime field. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c742a2d4d4794fee9667975e7fcff5382025-08-20T01:55:21ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113853078532910.1109/ACCESS.2025.356738510988791A Systematic Literature Review of Cyber Security Monitoring in MaritimeRisto Vaarandi0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7781-5863Leonidas Tsiopoulos1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3994-3810Gabor Visky2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0416-3985Muaan Ur Rehman3https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2656-0127Hayretdin Bahsi4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8882-4095Department of Software Science, Centre for Digital Forensics and Cyber Security, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, EstoniaDepartment of Software Science, Centre for Digital Forensics and Cyber Security, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, EstoniaDepartment of Software Science, Centre for Digital Forensics and Cyber Security, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, EstoniaDepartment of Software Science, Centre for Digital Forensics and Cyber Security, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, EstoniaDepartment of Software Science, Centre for Digital Forensics and Cyber Security, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, EstoniaIn recent years, many cyber incidents have occurred in the maritime sector, targeting the information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) infrastructure. One of the key approaches for handling cyber incidents is cyber security monitoring, which aims at timely detection of cyber attacks with automated methods. Although several literature review papers have been published in the field of maritime cyber security, none of the previous studies has focused on cyber security monitoring. The current paper addresses this research gap and surveys the methods, algorithms, tools and architectures used for cyber security monitoring in the maritime sector. For the survey, a systematic literature review of cyber security monitoring studies is conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) protocol. The first contribution of this paper is the bibliometric analysis of related literature and the identification of the main research themes in previous works. For that purpose, the paper presents a taxonomy for existing studies which highlights the main properties of maritime cyber security monitoring research. The second contribution of this paper is an in-depth analysis of previous works and the identification of research gaps and limitations in existing literature. The gaps and limitations include several dataset and evaluation issues and a number of understudied research topics. Based on these findings, the paper outlines future research directions for cyber security monitoring in the maritime field.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10988791/Cyber security monitoring in maritimecyber security monitoringmaritime cyber securitymaritimeliterature review |
| spellingShingle | Risto Vaarandi Leonidas Tsiopoulos Gabor Visky Muaan Ur Rehman Hayretdin Bahsi A Systematic Literature Review of Cyber Security Monitoring in Maritime IEEE Access Cyber security monitoring in maritime cyber security monitoring maritime cyber security maritime literature review |
| title | A Systematic Literature Review of Cyber Security Monitoring in Maritime |
| title_full | A Systematic Literature Review of Cyber Security Monitoring in Maritime |
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| title_short | A Systematic Literature Review of Cyber Security Monitoring in Maritime |
| title_sort | systematic literature review of cyber security monitoring in maritime |
| topic | Cyber security monitoring in maritime cyber security monitoring maritime cyber security maritime literature review |
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