Wrtsil and UK-based cyber security firm Templar Executives showcased their Maritime Cyber Emergency Response Team (MCERT) at an event in London this week.
The goal of the MCERT is to bring players from across the industry together to share knowledge and offer support collaboratively to counter cyber threats. The MCERT will provide expert advice and real-time support to members on cyber attacks and incidents, intelligence feeds from the global maritime community and others, combined with expert analysis, and a global service including support from a dedicated supplier framework.
We need to move faster than the criminals and the criminals move very, very quickly, said the MCERT director Chris Gibson speaking at the workshop, which also featured presentations from the UKs National Cyber Security Centre former director John Noble, Norton Rose Fulbright partner Philip Roche, Wrtsil director of cyber assurance Andrew Ross, Airbus Defence and Space Cyber Security sales manager Vic Start, and CSO Alliance managing director Mark Sutcliffe.
Members of the MCERT will receive…
