Maritime Cyber Security Software

Outdated or faulty software could have a significant impact on a crew’s safety, a vessel’s operations and financial assets. Faulty or invalid software can be just as harmful as the potential attacks themselves. With the increased use of cyber-related resources, ships almost primarily rely on software for a number of operations and tasks.

An incident that happens on important software could leave a vessel offshore without a navigational system, or could compromise an onshore team’s private and personal information.

In order to minimise the risk of incidents, it is important that all software is under regular review and testing so that it can be upgraded before any serious incident or attack can take place.

Offshore Software at Risk

The following are systems on your vessel that may be taken advantage of, should it not be thoroughly checked by an experienced team:

Vessel Integrated Navigation System (VINS)
Integrated Platform Management Systems (IPMS)
Thruster Control Systems
Power Control Systems for Onboard Machinery
Industrial Control Systems (ICS)

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Onshore Software at Risk

Incidents don’t just affect vessels, there are onshore risks as well that could have a serious effect on your port crew, some of which are as follows:

Vessel Traffic Management Systems
Administrative & Financial Systems
Crew/Staff Management Systems

Potential Causes

There are a number of software faults that have the potential to cause serious incidents. It is important to keep on top of your system updates to minimise the risks that may lead to serious incidents.

Issues can span from Inherent software design flaws and poorly implemented software updates that leave gaps in your security.

Those seeking to carry out malicious attacks can also take advantage of network connectivity as well as poor malware or virus protection that they may be able to bypass.

There may also be compromised security on the admin side with poor password management or user permissions.

Software can become outdated quickly and with little notice so a system that may work well one week, might be in danger the next due to improvements in the attackers’ efforts or missed updates.

You can combat that with regular audits and testing which can help find the causes of security threats and will allow you to properly update or replace obsolete software.

Why You Should Work With Maritime Secure

Our team is experienced in the maritime-specific cyber security sector and are familiar with the standard at which systems should perform.

We will not only be able to identify any potential software faults or cyber security risks, but we will also be able to train our customers to spot issues as well.

Once identified we will be able to implement new, high-quality software, or update your existing software in order to meet security requirements.

For any further information regarding cyber security software, or if you have any questions for our knowledgeable team, please feel free to contact us.

Herman Miller

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