Feds and private sector leaders in the maritime industry met in last December to discuss cyber risks, but instead of making serious progress, the results were, as one expert put it, "like standing around a building that's on fire and talking about the infrastructure."
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The latest threat to cybersecurity isn't a new form of attack vector - it's the operational risk that can occur when using Microsoft Office 365 (O365). Research firm Gartner found that 13% of publicly listed companies around the world use Office 365 or Google Apps for email, with 8.5% using the Microsoft product compared to Google's 4.7%. As a...
Shipowners, operators and managers need to collaborate, train crew and invest in cyber security to protect ships from online threats
Shamoon is back... one of the most destructive malware families that caused damage to Saudi Arabia's largest oil producer in 2012 and this time it has targeted energy sector organizations primarily operating in the Middle East.
Ships are the victims of cyber-security incidents more often than people think. Industry groups publish cyber-security guidelines to address issues.
In an increasingly connected and technologically dependent world, new areas of vulnerability are emerging.
In the first part of this double feature, Katherine Dunn investigates an emerging security risk for the shipping industry, as maritime authorities report a rising number of GPS failures
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According to Sjaak Schouteren, partner in the European Cyber team at JLT Specialty, the maritime sector is constantly embracing new business models and technology, but unfortunately this has made them a target of cyber criminals.
The 50,000 ships sailing the sea at any one time have joined an ever-expanding list of objects that can be hacked. Cybersecurity experts recently displayed how easy it was to break into a ship's navigational equipment. This comes only a few years after researchers showed that they could fool the GPS of a superyacht into altering course. Once upon a...