According to a report by the Wall Street Journal last week, Israel has bombed at least a dozen ships en route to Syria in the past two years, most of which were smuggling Iranian oil. This came on the back of the revelation that an Israeli-owned ship, the Helios Ray, was attacked in the Gulf of Oman last month and with Israeli officials pointing at Iran as being responsible for the recent tar spill that ravaged Israeli shores.
While traditional means like sea mines are the likely weapon of choice in most of these attacks, cybersecurity in ships and tankers has also recently been brought to the fore due to the major implications such a breach could have.
According to an International Maritime Organization (IMO) resolution, as of the beginning of this year, every safety management system on ships must be documented as having included…