A shared responsibility
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A company’s own staff is often cited as a company’s biggest cyber threat, but this can lead to scapegoating and turning away from other areas where cyber risk is being introduced. Each year Safety at […]
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2019 Maritime Cyber Security White Paper Survey
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As part of this year’s Safety at Sea and BIMCO Maritime Cyber Security Survey – supported by ABS, we are producing a free white paper analysing cyber trends from last 4 years. The paper will […]
USCG calls for further caution after cyber incursion at sea
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Following earlier warnings that cyber attacks are now targeting ships, the US Coast Guard (USCG) has issued a post-mortem of the incident that occurred in February. The unnamed vessel suffered an incursion that “significantly degraded […]
Authorities step-up response to maritime cyber attack
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The threat of cyber attacks on the global maritime industry have been pushed to the top of the agenda across the world as authorities look to tackle this issue. The US Coast Guard has distributed […]
SAS cyber roundtable identifies weaknesses in the system
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From a maritime cyber perspective, it is unanimously agreed that the ‘human element’ remains the weakest link in a firm’s defense. But at the Safety at Sea and BIMCO cyber roundtable, held at Nor Shipping […]
Norshipping: What to expect when you are expecting a cyber attack
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It is unanimously agreed that the ‘human element’ is the most pressing concern from a maritime cyber security perspective. What has been altogether more divisive is how to approach this problem constructively. A meeting of […]
Singapore bolsters maritime defences against cyber threats
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The Singapore government has launched a new co-ordination centre that will bolster its maritime infrastructure against threats in the cyber domain. Known as the Maritime Cybersecurity Operations Centre (MSOC), the facility was launched by the […]
Admit cyber weaknesses to improve resilience
Cyber SecurityOpinion
The maritime world should pay attention to a recent internal review by the US Navy that reveals the magnitude of cyber threats it is dealing with. It not only highlights its own major inadequacies in […]
Safety at Sea’s Maritime Cyber Security survey launched
Cyber SecurityNews
The fourth annual Safety at Sea Maritime Cyber Security survey, launched on 13 February, will assess the measures being taken by organisation’s to assess and protect against cyber vulnerabilities in its IT systems, Operational Technology (OT), […]
LR cyber training to tackle human factor
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Lloyd’s Register (LR) has launched a cyber awareness training to its customers to boost cyber resilience. Developed in partnership with cyber security training company AXELOS RESILIA Frontline, LR said the awareness training is engaging and “an […]