Tag: cyber security

The insurance losses and liabilities arising from cyber risks is an increasing area of focus for both shipowners and their insurers, argues Mr. Adrian Durkin, Director (Claims) and Mr. Colin Gillespie, Deputy Director (Loss Prevention) at North P&I Club. 

Considering that shipping inudstry is progressively using systems relied on digitization, integration and automation, cyber security threats are not only increased, but they are becoming a part of maritime daily business. Our SeaSense column, in association with the North P&I Club, is now focusing on industry's response to cyber risk.

In the April issue of its Phish & Ships newsletter providing insights and latest updates on maritime cyber security, Be Cyber Aware at Sea focuses among others on the latest cyber attack at the Danish Svitzer, a Maersk subsidiary. After the latter was hit by a massive cyber attack in June 2017, Svitzer revealed in March 2018 it has also suffered a significant data breach.

The upgrade of current technologies or the development of new applications open a new world of opportunities. However, we are not talking about technologies that will appear in the distant future but about technologies that do not exist at present and are expected to come within the next five years. These will impact many industries and shipping in not an exception.

SHI’s Smart Ship Solution aims to improve vessel efficiency by using real time data from hull and equipment sensors, in cooperation with land-based technical and fleet managers. Real time data will be exchanged between ship and shore facilities, to enable automated operations, and is among the most important cybersecurity challenges for the marine and offshore industries.

Lloyd's Register Foundation and Blockchain Labs for Open Collaboration will set up Maritime Blockchain Labs, to explore the use of blockchain for the safety of infrastructure and drive new business models for the global maritime industry. MBL will try to establish an ecosystem within the sector to improve innovation and collaboration between blockchain practitioners.

The implementation of the GDPR from May 2018 comes with many challenges for all organizations as they will need to adopt new business practices, internal policies, technical and organizational measures. Extensive training in data protection and privacy legislation is a critical factor for the success of GDPR.

Security of data and other sensitive information is becoming a concern of maritime as ships are increasingly using systems that rely on digitization, integration, and automation. Here are some guidelines towards maritime cyber security.

US DHS and FBI released a joint Technical Alert targeting organizations in the energy, marine, aviation and other manufacturing sectors, providing a thorough walkthrough on how an organization’s cyber security becomes at-risk as well as recommendations for detection & prevention of possible attacks.

From January 2018, tanker operators are required to use TMSA3 to monitor and improve performance. In comparison with TMSA2, the new edition of TMSA is more extended in length and presents new challenges to ship operators with the introduction of new requirements.