Maritime Border Security
examines protection, monitoring, collaboration strategies with private sector, and advanced technologies to secure ports, coastal infrastructure, maritime boundaries, and territorial waters. Focus areas include threat detection, domain awareness, port protection, and the integration of naval, coast guard, homeland security, and law enforcement operations to safeguard national interests in territorial waters and critical maritime infrastructure. The discussion involves preventing and responding to threats: illegal trafficking (drugs, weapons, people); unauthorized fishing and resource exploitation; smuggling and piracy; terrorist activity; adverse environmental activity; and unauthorized entry of vessels or individuals. The goal is to ensure sovereignty, economic security, and safe navigation.