Maritime Domain Awareness

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What is Maritime Domain Awareness

Operational intelligence frameworks for securing the maritime domain.

Maritime Domain Awareness refers to the effective understanding of activities, actors, and risks within the maritime environment that could impact security, safety, economic interests, or regulatory compliance. 

This course provides structured analytical frameworks to identify suspicious vessel behavior, assess ownership and beneficial control, interpret AIS patterns, and evaluate enforcement indicators across jurisdictions. Participants learn how to integrate open-source intelligence, registry data, and risk signals into coherent investigative assessments. Through applied exercises, learners develop the capacity to detect anomalies, map maritime networks, and support evidence-based decision making in complex operational contexts.

Course Short

Class outlook

Introduction to Maritime Domain Awareness
1m 02s
Understanding Maritime Criminality
0m 30s

Who is this online class for?

This online class is designed for maritime enforcement officers, coast guard personnel, naval analysts, port authorities, customs officials, compliance professionals, and intelligence practitioners seeking structured maritime risk assessment skills. It is suitable for investigators working on illegal fishing, sanctions evasion, trafficking routes, beneficial ownership analysis, and vessel behavior monitoring. 

The program also supports policy advisors and financial crime analysts who require a clearer understanding of maritime networks and jurisdictional complexity. Participants should possess basic familiarity with maritime operations and an interest in applying analytical frameworks to real-world investigative challenges.

Overview

Modules Icon 6 Modules
Resource Icon 159 Resource
Exercise Icon 20 Exercise
Final Essay Project Icon Final Essay Project

    1. Maritime Domain Awareness

    2. Course outline

    3. Introduction to Maritime Domain Awareness

    4. Overview of MDA

    5. Key components

    6. Legal Framework

    7. Enviromental Considirations

    8. Security Measures

    9. Technology & Information

    10. Importance and objectives of MDA

    11. Historical context and evolution

    12. Historical context and evolution

    13. Key definitions and concepts

    14. Key definitions and concepts

    15. Introduction to Maritime Domain Awareness - QUIZ

    1. Understanding Maritime Criminality

    2. Understanding Maritime Criminality

    3. Types of maritime crimes

    4. Types of maritime crimes

    5. Types of maritime crimes

    6. Types of maritime crimes

    7. Quiz 1

    8. Types of maritime crimes

    9. Types of maritime crimes

    10. Read the following and answer the question

    11. Quiz 2

    12. Types of maritime crimes

    13. Types of maritime crimes

    14. Types of maritime crimes

    15. Types of maritime crimes

    16. Types of maritime crimes

    17. Types of maritime crimes

    18. Types of maritime crimes

    19. Types of maritime crimes

    20. Types of maritime crimes

    21. Quiz 3

    22. Types of maritime crimes

    23. Types of maritime crimes

    24. Types of maritime crimes

    25. Types of maritime crimes

    26. Read the UNODC Maritime Crime Manual

    27. Understanding Maritime Criminality - QUIZ

    1. Normal vs. suspicious vessel behaviour

    2. Types of vessels

    3. Types of vessels

    4. Vessel identity

    5. Vessel identity

    6. Hiding a vessel's identity

    7. Hiding a vessel's identity

    8. Quiz 1

    9. Hiding a vessel's identity

    10. Vessel movements patterns

    11. Vessel movements patterns

    12. Vessel movements patterns

    13. Vessel movements patterns

    14. Quiz 2

    15. Suspicious vessel behaviour

    16. Quiz 3

    17. Suspicious vessel behaviour - Quiz 3

    18. Vessel behaviours and anomalies

    19. Vessel behaviours and anomalies

    20. Vessel behaviours and anomalies

    21. Quiz 4

    22. Vessel behaviours and anomalies

    23. Use of automatic identification system in monitoring vessel movements

    24. Use of automatic identification system in monitoring vessel movements

    25. Use of automatic identification system in monitoring vessel movements

    26. Use of automatic identification system in monitoring vessel movements

    27. Use of automatic identification system in monitoring vessel movements

    28. Quiz 5

    29. The Case of the Verila’s smuggling of drugs

    30. The Case of the Verila’s smuggling of drugs

    31. Use of automatic identification system in monitoring vessel movements

    32. Use of automatic identification system in monitoring vessel movements

    33. Use of automatic identification system in monitoring vessel movements

    34. Use of automatic identification system in monitoring vessel movements - QUIZ

    1. Technologies in MDA

    2. Technologies in MDA

    3. Technologies in MDA

    4. Technologies in MDA

    5. Technologies in MDA - Advantages/Limitations

    6. Technologies in MDA

    7. Technologies in MDA

    8. Technologies in MDA

    9. Technologies in MDA

    10. Quiz 1

    11. Technologies in MDA

    12. Quiz 2

    13. Technologies in MDA

    14. Technologies in MDA

    15. Technologies in MDA

    16. Technologies in MDA

    17. Process of VMS

    18. Technologies in MDA

    19. Technologies in MDA

    20. Technologies in MDA

    21. Technologies in MDA

    22. Technologies in MDA

    23. Technologies in MDA

    24. Technologies in MDA

    25. Technologies in MDA - QUIZ

    1. Intelligence gathering and analysis in MDA

    2. Intelligence gathering and analysis in MDA

    3. Types of intelligence in MDA

    4. Types of intelligence in MDA

    5. Types of intelligence in MDA

    6. Quiz 1

    7. Quiz 1

    8. Intelligence gathering and analysis in MDA

    9. Intelligence-Gathering Tools and Methodologies

    10. Intelligence-Gathering Tools and Methodologies

    11. Intelligence-Gathering Tools and Methodologies

    12. Analysis Techniques for Maritime Intelligence

    13. Analysis Techniques for Maritime Intelligence

    14. Analysis Techniques for Maritime Intelligence

    15. Analysis Techniques for Maritime Intelligence

    16. Analysis Techniques for Maritime Intelligence

    17. Analysis Techniques for Maritime Intelligence

    18. Analysis Techniques for Maritime Intelligence

    19. Analysis Techniques for Maritime Intelligence

    20. Analysis Techniques for Maritime Intelligence

    21. Technologies in MDA - Quiz

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    24. Final Assessment

    25. Final Assessment

    26. Final Assessment - QUIZ

    27. Congratulations

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