Korean Register (KR) – an IACS member classification society – has announced that it has signed an agreement with Songa Shipmanagement to provide specialist cyber security technical services, covering a fleet of 32 ships.
As the shipping industry becomes more and more digitalised, so cyber attacks on ships have increased. Reflecting this trend, the International Maritime Organisation has added cyber risk management to the ISM code safety management on ships. Owners risk having their ships detained by port state control authorities if they have not included cyber security in their ship safety management by 1 January 2021, in compliance with the ISM code.
Likewise, the major shipping associations have added a cyber security risk assessment, and the provision and maintenance of a ‘Cyber Security Countermeasures Procedure’ to the checklist when…
