Safety managers have access to valuable, sometimes sensitive or confidential information, so poor practice on their end could have a severe impact on a crew’s safety and a vessel’s operations.
As a part of their role, the safety manager works in close collaboration with vessel operators and senior crew.
It is a part of their role to make sure that a vessel and all practices on board remain in line with the relevant governing bodies and their guidelines.
Most governing bodies have rules and minimum standards regarding the quality of cyber security, so a safety manager who does not ensure the measures are being taken risks breaching guidelines, a key part of their role.
The other risks of poor practice can be more severe, with safety managers often having administrative – or limited administrative – privileges, a personal lack of good practices could put a vessel’s sensitive information and assets at risk, some of which could lead to:
Training will not only allow safety managers to better ensure the safety of the data and information that they have access to, but it will also help them improve safety more widely.
Their role is to make sure that safety is of the highest standard, including cyber security, so proper training will allow them to ensure safety remains at a high standard elsewhere in operation.
A properly trained safety manager will be able to identify issues with cyber security practices on the vessel and can even amend them while being offshore.
We are experienced in the maritime specific cyber security industry, we have an intimate knowledge of all the guidelines and governing bodies that a safety manager will have to meet.
We will ensure that their practices are of a high standard and will equip them with the essential knowledge to ensure everyone else on a crew matches that standard.
The safety manager can have a huge impact on cyber security, we will make sure they understand everyone’s roles and how to spot poor or dangerous practices.
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