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MARITIME SECURITY

A cluster of satellite cells for communications is currently being built around the world, providing security and redundancy, based on beams and cells, “where each beam will have up to 89 little cells which are all in relation to each other so you get a truly global coverage and also, at each given time the satellite disk is looking at the next cell as well. The connec- tion gets more secure, it gets more back-up, and the security itself is of highest priority.”

Ronald Spithout

President, Inmarsat Maritime (Photo: Inmarsat)

States and ENISA in Europe, as well as systems against well-known standards the Maritime sector, said that high-speed offered by DNV GL’s own Marine Cy- classi? cation societies have their full fo- and best practices. Using a combination ship to shore data communication will bernetics unit. Through combining so cus on cyber security matters. of software failure mode knowledge and offer the opportunity for malicious at- called Hardware In-the-Loop (HIL)

Classi? cation societies such as ABS offshore industrial control system expe- tacks, and attempts to actually control testing with cybersecurity testing, typi-

Group and DNV GL provide advice, rience solutions required to reduce the or damage ships or property. The area of cal threats such as network storms and consultation, services and updated regu- risk of downtime or safety incident are cyber security will see a lot more atten- penetrations, password attacks, discon- lations aiming at minimizing the threat assessed, for complex, high consequence tion in the years to come, addressed in nections and communication failures can of malicious attacks. vessels such as semi-submersibles, drill- the rules and procedures. Earlier in the be addressed. The Integrated Software

ABS provides a range of cyber secu- ships and FPSOs. Reference standards year he summarized that “in theory, all Dependent Systems (ISDS) standard, rity services including the identi? cation mentioned by ABS include ISO-IEC programmable components may be ex- originally developed for the offshore in- of a company’s Security Baseline and 62443, NIST 800-53&82, WIB, and posed to cyber threats, be it machinery, dustry look aim at ensuring reliable and level of potential risk to an attack, ex- other Industrial Control System speci? c navigation or communication systems.” safe operation of the vessel’s integrated amining and assessing the physical and cybersecurity standards. He recommends self-assessments and and stand-alone control-systems. “If you logical security of the industrial control At DNV GL, Tor E. Svensen, CEO of also third party audits, such as those have already taken care of software in-

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