With the release of the seventh edition of the SIRE Vessel Inspection Questionnaire (VIQ7) in September 2018, tanker owners and managers are scrambling to review their cyber security best practice and bring their policies and procedures up-to-date.
It seems to be the case that any industry stakeholder with some degree of self-esteem has identified the necessity to publish their own Cyber Security Guidelines. While most of these documents surely are very helpful, they tend to focus on the “What” rather than the “How.”
It has been the flavor of the day by the cyber security industry to play the scare card regarding the risk of hacking a vessel via satellite; however, most of us understand that human error provides for the greatest, most immediate risk to both onshore and at sea operations.
Of course, vessel operators must sort out their satcom terminals and…
