Tag: cyber security

In its June edition of Phish and Ships, Be Cyber Aware at Sea focuses on the matter of 'What is Big Data' and how it is vulnerable to cyber attacks. Generally, big data is a large amount of data that is almost impossible to store and process by normal means. According to Phish and Ships, the shipping industry is said to generate 100-120 million data points daily, including information gathered from ports and vessels.

In its latest edition of Phish and Ships, Be Cyber Aware at Sea presents Professor Keith Martin, from Royal Holloway, University of London who supports that 'Cyber security needs both a ʻbottom upʼ and ʻtop downʼ approach.' Specifically, the bottom-up approach reflects the common thinking that the personnel presents the greatest risk to cyber security.

In June's edition of Phish and Ships, Be Cyber Aware at Sea informs that Aon and HudsonCyber collaborate to provide enterprise-level cyber security capability assessment, integrated cyber breach response, and mitigation support to the global marine industry.

DNV GL signed a contract with Stena Drilling for the First Cyber Secure class notation. The contract covers the application of the 'Basic+' notation to the drillship Stena IceMAX and includes the vessel’s dynamic positioning, drilling, and blowout prevention systems. It will be integrated with Stena Drilling’s own safety management systems.

During his speech at Nor-Shipping 2019, IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim delivered a strong reminder regarding the ever-increasing importance of balanced and sustainable development. Mr. Lim also highlighted moves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping industry.

ClassNK Classification Society, announced the launch of its released Guidelines for Software Security which target software developers, system integrators, and more. These Guidelines are the third and latest part of the Class' guidelines, focusing on risk management, concerning the software used onboard vessels.

The US Coast Guard issued a safety bulletin informing the maritime industry of recent email phishing attempts that targeted commercial vessels. Additionally, USCG has received reports of malicious software designed to disrupt shipboard computer systems.

Do you think the entire shipping industry will be completely digitalized by 2025? is the question posed by SAFETY4SEA, in our latest online poll in which the majority of our readers (63%) answered negatively, although the industry has recently witnessed a number of innovative and disruptive technologies.

The lack or even absence of a system operation security policies can result to cyber crimes. When an unnecessary or vulnerable service is activated there is a possibility that it could be detected through network scanning and an unauthorized access or malicious code distribution will be exploited to hack the service.

Paul Marrapese, a security engineer, announced that those using iLnkP2P (peer-to-peer) with their IoT devices face serious cyber threats. The iLnkP2P is used by machine builders and enables users to connect to IoT devices on their mobile phones or computers using a specific serial number, known as an UID.