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# How do we protect Critical Infrastructure in the Baltic Sea and beyond?
[ Neumann](https://news.north.io/en/author/neumann) Jun 18, 2023
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Kiel: How do we protect pipelines, submarine cables, transmission routes and other critical infrastructure in the [BalticSea](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=balticsea&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7076086719120302080) and beyond?
This was the question that the hackathon team from [north.io GmbH](https://www.linkedin.com/company/north-io/) successfully tackled just a week ago at [the DataRun 2023](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=datarun2023&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7076086719120302080) by the [Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/bundesamt-f%C3%BCr-seeschifffahrt-und-hydrographie/)in Hamburg.
Today, it's a question that was the focus of a special session at the [KielSecurityConference](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=kielsecurityconference&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7076086719120302080)and raised by Daniel Günther, Minister-President of [Land Schleswig-Holstein](https://www.linkedin.com/company/land-schleswig-holstein/) in his keynote address.
To answer it, the organisers did a commendable job of bringing together perspectives from across the armed forces, academia and industry. What has become clear is that our ability to identify and respond appropriately and quickly to threats to our critical infrastructures at sea starts with shared maritime domain awareness, which we still lack in the Baltic Sea.
Strategic thinking about maritime big data will therefore be a critical element for the security and integrity of these infrastructures, especially the sovereign sharing and integration of maritime data from a wide range of sensors and close collaboration with partners from the public and private sector.
This necessary seamless integration of a wide variety of stakeholders has been well reflected on the panel by Vice Admiral Thomas E. Ishee of the [US Navy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/us-navy/) , Commodore [Carsten Fjord-Larsen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAw6g9cBDNwBJATvX0akeQxaRdRtr57rsSA) of the Royal Danish Navy, [Robin Allers](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAKGdDkBAr3kqYgpngjx7h3PqlMD1bffshU) from [Institutt for forsvarsstudier/Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies](https://www.linkedin.com/company/norwegian-institute-for-defence-studies/), [Evan Fuery](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAVa2s8BnuO4GKPoj_P8WPM8Xy2gfhziDqs) from [Equinor](https://www.linkedin.com/company/equinor/) and by [Ferdinand Gehringer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABwQp_ABWg8n3_2zrOBDVy8uQDBF-N01XL4) from [Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung](https://www.linkedin.com/company/konrad-adenauer-stiftung/). Thanks to the discussants for an insightful debate and to [Johann Wadephul](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABYEgmkBxAIm_QnxNYaVnMOXNoEW4tmqH5s) as well as the organiser [Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung](https://www.linkedin.com/company/konrad-adenauer-stiftung/) [Institut für Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Kiel (ISPK)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/institut-f%C3%BCr-sicherheitspolitik-an-der-universit%C3%A4t-kiel-ispk-/)and [Hermann Ehlers Stiftung & Akademie](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hermannehlers/) for putting this topic high on their agenda, also reflected in a recently published [KAS4Security](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=kas4security&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7076086719120302080) paper on "Undersea cables as critical infrastructure and geopolitical power tool".
Thanks also to [Julian Pawlak](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAACKpwb8BfxJKjbLFrNU8dq_038OqgijAAOk) for the valuable exchange on the sidelines of the conference today about his new article on the subject in [SIRIUS](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=sirius&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7076086719120302080), in which he argues for a four-pronged approach to dealing with the threat to offshore infrastructure, focusing on resilience, redundancies, presenceand [monitoring.](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=monitoring&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7076086719120302080)
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