Vessels are becoming increasingly complex with integrated digital systems both on board and onshore. This heightens the threat of cyber-attacks and requires an extended risk and safety assessment to improve cyber security resilience, with the aim to continuously ensure the safety of the crew, passengers and assets.
There are various reasons why owners and ship managers need cyber security, including:
- Digital technologies are increasingly applied to areas like navigation, logistics and communication, contributing to greater energy efficiencies and reduced emissions. However, with critical infrastructure increasingly connected it is also being exposed to added risk and uncertainty.
- The ISM Code, underscored by IMO Resolution MSC.428(98), introduced in 2021, requiring owners, operators, and managers to consider overall cyber risks, and to have a cyber-security management system in place.
- IACS new unified requirements (URs) for cyber security, requiring owners, yards and suppliers to build cyber security barriers into their systems and vessels, and ship classification societies to verify it. Applies to all newbuilds after 1 July 2024.
- Standard insurance contracts, which…
