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the most famous being the Stuxnet virus this point hasn’t received any requests or type vessels would marine insurers ? nd tablish protocol, policy and procedures and computer worm. This cyber breach proposals concerning unmanned or au- them seaworthy? for designing (plan by design measures), and sabotage attack occurred in 2010 tonomous vessels. This scenario could As we move forward we may ? nd it developing and implementing our next via what is believed was an internally lead to a quagmire as without IMO rules prudent to bring subject matter experts “Future World” drone ship with a full infected USB ? ash drive that attacked pertaining to remote-control or drone together at an international forum to es- cyber security suite.

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The Author

Emil Muccin holds the current position of Assistant Department Head, Maritime

Business Division of Marine Transpor- tation Department and is also an As- sociate Professor of Nautical Science at the United States Merchant Marine

Academy. He previously was the Ma- rine Transportation Department STCW

Coordinator. Additionally he is the Fac- ulty Advisor to the Cyber Defense and

Propeller Clubs. Muccin graduated from the USMMA with a BS in Nautical Sci- ence and from Pace University with an

MBA in Information Systems. He sailed for many years as the Master of paddle wheelers on the Hudson River.

* The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and not those of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, the

Maritime Administration, the Depart- ment of Transportation or the United

States government.

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