Cybersecurity has a huge potential to affect the safety of the crew, vessel, cargo and even ports. Cybersecurity is concerned with the protection of IT systems, on-board hardware and sensors and data leak from unauthorised access, manipulation and disruption.
The importance of cybersecurity in the Maritime Industry:
Cyber security can be described as the collective methods, technologies, and processes to help protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of computer systems, networks and data, against cyber-attacks or unauthorized access.