Cyber risks continue to expand across industries, and as ships and boats at sea increasingly become connected to the shore in the name of crew welfare and operational efficiency, so too grow the risks that a ship could be hacked, the safety of its crew and cargo compromised. “Cyber risk is real, it's really growing substantially, especially with increased concerns around geopolitical tensions, which is having a direct impact on maritime operations,” said Cedric Warde, Vice President, at Digital
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“There is a strong need to balance the benefits of new technologies with safety and security concerns, in particular cyber-security," Heike Deggim, director of maritime safety at the United Nations sponsored International Maritime Organization (IMO), told the International Safety@Sea webinar series organized by the Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). “Many people tend to have a very outdated view of what modern shipping looks like. Modern ships are technologically advanced workplaces
Red Sky Alliance provides weekly Vessel Impersonation reports, Top 5 Maritime Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) and a Maritime Watchlist. These reports support current facts provided by Naval Dome’s Boston-based North American operations[1] that cyberattacks are directly targeting maritime industry’s operational technology (OT) systems.
These attacks have increased by 900 percent over the last three years with the number of reported incidents set to reach record volumes by the end of 2020. Addr
