Because of their responsibilities and access, ship brokers may find themselves targets of malicious attackers. Poor practices within shipbrokers can cause financial information to be leaked or invaded and can cause a serious incident with a loss of assets and security.
The risks and consequences of poor cyber security practice within ship brokers have the potential to damage international trade.
Poor practices could give malicious attackers the opportunity to breach financial information and potentially steal assets.
With occasional access to operational information, an incident caused by poor security measures on the end of a ship broker could risk the safety of a vessel and its crew.
These dangers could cause a shipping company to go out of business, or at very least have a huge effect on their reputation.
It can affect the reputation of the ship broker too, as the security breach was ultimately down to their malpractice.
These risks can be avoided with proper training that will ensure cyber security practice that is in line with the guidelines set by relevant regulating bodies and associations.
Proper training will equip ship brokers with the essential information to carry out negotiations while making sure data is safe and secure.
Training will make sure that the sensitive information on the end of vessels and ports are of a high standard.
Often as brokers act independently as an intermediary, they may not have had previous experience with different systems and software. Because of this, they may not know the practices required to meet the cyber security standards and protocols of the companies that they are working with.
Training will also ensure that brokers are aware of the differing standards set by governing bodies and associations and will help them develop their skills working within different system architectures.
A trained broker will help reinforce an already robust cyber security system and will allow them to work seamlessly with all parties involved.
We are experts in maritime cyber security and understand the specific requirements that need to be met to build all-around, highly reliable cyber security systems.
Our training is role-specific and we will help ship brokers meet all of the issues that they may face.
We will make sure that their practices will meet the standards of all of those who they will be working alongside from buyers to sellers to charters.
We can help fortify your resources and assets through the proper training of ship brokers and make sure that there is no compromise in security when bringing contracting brokers on to your team.
If you want to discuss train options available for ship brokers or want to make a general enquiry you can contact us here.
