Our SALIENT project is one part of a wider portfolio of funded projects the Centre for Peace and Security (CPS) are currently delivering in relation to Critical Maritime Infrastructure Protection (CMIP).
CPS are working with Professor Ian Speller (Maynooth University) on a NATO Science for Peace and Security project titled, ‘Integrating Cyber Awareness in Government and Private Sector Networks for Cooperative Critical Underwater Infrastructure Protection’. Centred on a two-day workshop, the project will bring together state and non-state actors to examine key cyber-physical vulnerabilities facing North Atlantic undersea cable networks through the lens of hybrid warfare tactics. The event will facilitate a shared understanding of the threat landscape, identify gaps, and assess existing EU-NATO policies and jurisdictional authorities related to securing this vital infrastructure.
Our other project, ‘Improving multi-actor cooperation to protect subsea infrastructure in the Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom’ is funded through a grant from Coventry University’s Economic and Social Research Council Impact Acceleration Account. This project aims to map the actors involved in subsea security efforts in both the Republic of Ireland and United Kingdom alongside ongoing cooperation activity between the two countries in this space. Focused on day-to-day interactions, the project provides an important grounding for SALIENT’s crisis-specific analysis of multi-actor information-sharing in the UK.