British Port Association along with the risk management firm Astaara launched a white paper focused on the cyber attacks of shipping companies and the strategies to promote cyber security in ports.
According to the report, in one high profile attack on 9 May, computer systems at the Shahid Rajaee port in the strategically important Strait of Hormuz were attacked, creating traffic jams of delivery trucks and delays in shipments. It is understood that the attack came in direct response to a failed Iranian cyberattack on an Israeli water facility last month.
Now, more than ever, the advantages of digitisation should be capable of being realised, but only if the corresponding management resilience and recovery plans are in place and practiced to ensure those digital control systems and data flows are uninterrupted and uncorrupted.
…said Robert Dorey, CEO of insurance service and risk management advisory business, Astaara.
With cyber incidents gaining space, the global cyber security market is expected to grow from £144 billion to £182 billion by 2021, although that will still be only around 10% of the value lost to cyber-attacks each year.
In light of the situation, both sides recommend organisations at a very minimum to :
- Remove default passwords and use strong passwords everywhere
- Ensure firewalls are properly configured and turned on
- Ensure antivirus is up-to-date
- Control access management and identity
- Know networks, monitor them for anomalous activity
- Keep software updated and your patches current
- Test business continuity and disaster recovery plans regularly and learn the lessons from those tests
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