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Cyber-attacks: Securing ship navigation systems using multi-layer cross-validation defense

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Danish Vasan *
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Mohammad Hammoudeh
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Adel F. Ahmed
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Hamad Naeem
DOI:10.1016/j.cose.2025.104706delete
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The safety and reliability of ship navigation systems are critical for secure maritime operations. With growing reliance on digital tools, these systems face increasing vulnerability to cyber–physical threats such as GPS spoofing, sensor manipulation, and control logic interference. This research presents a comprehensive threat model across key navigation subsystems and proposes a multi-layer defense strategy based on cross-sensor validation. Rather than relying on hardware redundancy or statistical anomaly filters, our framework validates sensor data and control decisions through consistency checks across GPS, INS, sonar, and depth systems. Standard filtering techniques, such as Kalman filters, are used for state estimation. Experimental simulations across various attack scenarios show that the proposed defense restores navigational accuracy and operational safety, reducing error by over 99% in most subsystems. A public dataset and codebase are released to support future maritime cybersecurity research on GitHub1.

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Computers and Security
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King Faisal University
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king fahd university of petroleum and minerals
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