Brian McSorley

is an active-duty Coast Guard captain with over 22 years of marine safety and security operations experience. He completed tours aboard Coast Guard and Navy ships in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans, including a deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom aboard the USS Jarrett and as the commanding officer of the USCGC Sanibel in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. He held leadership positions at multiple Coast Guard sector commands.

Analysis / Forces, Strategy

Need a Role Model for Shared Cyber Incident Response? Look to the Coast Guard

A cyber attack on a major U.S. port in August was thwarted by the port’s use of threat detection software and quick coordination with a capable, trusted public-sector responder: the U.S. Coast Guard. Close coordination and information sharing between industry and the Coast Guard prevented a potential disaster.