# Secure barge-fleeting facilities through access, monitoring, and response controls > Use 33 CFR 105.296 -- Maritime Security: Facilities to review this narrow operational decision without extending the source beyond its stated scope. - Canonical URL: https://update.dsesecurity.com/updates/secure-barge-fleeting-facilities-through-access-monitoring-and-response-controls/ - Publisher: Detection Systems & Engineering (DSE Security) - Author: DSE Security Editorial Team - Published: 2026-08-27T12:10:59+00:00 - Modified: 2026-08-27T13:09:38+00:00 - Last reviewed by DSE: 2026-08-26 - Resource type: Checklist - DSE priority: Advisory - Topics: Access Control, Cybersecurity, Video Surveillance - Reading time: 3 minutes ## What you need to know Use 33 CFR 105.296 -- Maritime Security: Facilities to review this narrow operational decision without extending the source beyond its stated scope. ## Potentially affected Teams, systems, services, or facilities within the stated scope of 33 CFR 105.296 -- Maritime Security: Facilities ## DSE recommendation Compare the observed state with the cited official source, document applicability and exceptions, and test any approved change with rollback safeguards. ## Article Treat this document as a focused evidence review: Secure barge-fleeting facilities through access, monitoring, and response controls. Only the official source and traced locations below supply facts. Confirm applicability before acting. ## Source fact: The official [33 CFR 105.296 — Maritime Security: Facilities](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/section-105.296) from U.S. Coast Guard via eCFR supports the following bounded statements: - Under 33 CFR 105, at MARSEC Level 1, in addition to the requirements of this part, an owner or operator of a barge fleeting facility must ensure the implementation of the following security measures: maintain a current list of vessels and cargoes in the designated restricted area. The research record locates this support at 33 CFR 105.296(a)(2), read with 33 CFR 105.296(a) (eCFR anchor p-105.296(a)(2)). - Under 33 CFR 105, at MARSEC Level 2, in addition to the requirements of this part and MARSEC Level 1 requirements, an owner or operator of a barge fleeting facility must ensure security personnel are assigned to monitor or patrol the designated restricted area within the barge fleeting facility. The research record locates this support at 33 CFR 105.296(b) (eCFR anchor p-105.296(b)). These statements are the factual basis for this document. Do not extend them into a broader assurance. Review access control, video, intrusion detection, communications, supporting facilities, operators, and documented response paths only where the source and recorded environment align. ## What the source does not establish Applies only to facilities within 33 CFR part 105 and the cited section. Confirm Coast Guard jurisdiction, the approved Facility Security Plan, the current MARSEC level, and any approved alternatives; this is not legal advice or a universal facility-design standard. The citation is not a substitute for observed state, authorization, compliance evidence, or dependency health. Examine identity, Windows DNS where used, time, networks, power, life-safety systems, vendors, and monitoring personnel before translating the source into an operational decision. ## Applicability questions - For source statement 1 at 33 CFR 105.296(a)(2), read with 33 CFR 105.296(a) (eCFR anchor p-105.296(a)(2)), which observable configuration, record, or test can confirm applicability here? - For source statement 2 at 33 CFR 105.296(b) (eCFR anchor p-105.296(b)), which observable configuration, record, or test can confirm applicability here? - Which owner can attest to the recorded state of access control, video, intrusion detection, communications, supporting facilities, operators, and documented response paths, including exceptions? - What baseline for identity, Windows DNS where used, time, networks, power, life-safety systems, vendors, and monitoring personnel must accompany the source-specific observation? - Which success, stop, and escalation criteria are written before testing begins? ## DSE recommendation: DSE recommends using the cited source as the evidence anchor for this decision. Start with applicability, then compare the observed state with the cited source. Record the source location, examined part of access control, video, intrusion detection, communications, supporting facilities, operators, and documented response paths, observed and expected states, owner, and reason for deviation. An implementation decision needs an owner, approved window, prechecks, observable outcome, stop authority, and rollback path. Validate identity, Windows DNS where used, time, networks, power, life-safety systems, vendors, and monitoring personnel before and after the test, and store only sanitized operational evidence. ## Verification and evidence A reviewer should be able to retrace the decision from 33 CFR 105.296(a)(2), read with 33 CFR 105.296(a) (eCFR anchor p-105.296(a)(2)); 33 CFR 105.296(b) (eCFR anchor p-105.296(b)) through asset and firmware inventories, configuration exports, event tests, inspections, alarm response records, and maintenance findings. Record what was collected, where, when, by whom, and which system or role it represents. Retain the starting state, authorization, execution record, outcome, deviation, and final state as one review package. Move disruptive checks to an approved test path. Reopen the decision when versions, design, dependencies, ownership, or official guidance changes. ## Official references - [33 CFR 105.296 — Maritime Security: Facilities](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/section-105.296) — U.S. Coast Guard via eCFR ## Primary reference - Name: 33 CFR 105.296 -- Maritime Security: Facilities - Authority: www.ecfr.gov - URL: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/section-105.296 - Source publication date: Not stated by the source ## Citation and use Preferred citation: “Secure barge-fleeting facilities through access, monitoring, and response controls,” DSE Security, https://update.dsesecurity.com/updates/secure-barge-fleeting-facilities-through-access-monitoring-and-response-controls/ Publishing principles: https://update.dsesecurity.com/updates/dse-updates-editorial-methodology/ Usage and citation policy: https://update.dsesecurity.com/usage/ Copyright © 2026 Detection Systems & Engineering. All rights reserved.