Lloyd’s Register’s certification validates Wärtsilä Marine’s cyber security measures

-Wärtsilä awarded Lloyds Register cyber security certification for fully connected and integrated operational systems

-The Lloyds Register certification is one of the first to be awarded globally

The technology group Wärtsilä has been awarded Lloyd’s Register (LR) system-level cyber certification for its network architecture relating to Wärtsilä’s integrated main and auxiliary machinery. The LR’s ShipRight SAFE AL2 certification, which is with Wärtsilä’s Data Collection Unit (WDCU), gives Approval-in-Principle (AiP) for the entire Wärtsilä integrated system network, rather than for any individual component. The certification is one of the first of its kind to be awarded globally.

At a time when information and operational technologies onboard ships are being networked together, building resilience against unauthorised access, software failures or attacks on ships’ systems has become a top priority. The LR certification is, therefore, highly relevant for Wärtsilä’s Data Collection Unit, which as part of Wärtsilä’s Data Bridge solution, is used to gather and transfer operational data to the…