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Ultimately, the demand for state-of-the- Awareness, at least within the mari- proach is needed to tackle cybersecurity.

When you look at the maritime indus- try, are there any peculiarities which market cyber solutions will continue to time industry, is the biggest challenge No single application, tool, or methodol- make enacting Cyber Security more grow. and the understanding that cybersecurity ogy will adequately secure your systems, challenging than a land-based facility? is not just a buzzword. It is a real threat. facilities, or assets. Automated solutions

Please be speci? c.

What do you consider to be the big-

Companies need to incorporate a cyber and third-party assessments are just a Maritime is diverse to say the least. gest challenge to keep a step ahead of culture at all organizational levels and small part of a complete cyber risk miti-

Many companies in this industry have those with criminal intent in the Cyber need to be trained accordingly. They also gation plan. space?

geographically dispersed facilities and need to understand that a holistic ap- assets in sometimes isolated areas with minimal technical support. These fa- cilities and assets may also have legacy systems with crews that have a lack of cyber knowledge or training. At the oth- er end of the spectrum, you have highly automated and more remotely monitored systems where a cyber breach could put mission critical operations at a standstill.

The ultimate challenge is to mitigate risk while ensuring the security and integrity of these systems, assets, and facilities.

Gnostech recently introduced VulnX, “Cyber Security with Maritime in

Mind”. Can you provide a concise de- scription of VulnX with insights on how it is uniquely capable in the maritime

DISCOVER THE sector.

One of the most proactive steps any organization can take to prevent a cyber

POWER OF breach is to apply published software patches and updates. These patches ? ll

FLEET XPRESS vulnerability holes within systems that hackers would typically exploit. Almost 99% of all cybersecurity breaches are from known vulnerabilities and about 90% of these breaches have patches

EXPECT MORE available containing the required secu- rity ? xes. However, this can prove to be time consuming and labor intensive.

VulnX is an automated, cloud-based

Inmarsat’s new maritime satellite solution that deploys published patches service guarantees you a previously and remediates software and system vul-

XQDFKLHYDEOHSDFNDJHRIEHQHoWV nerabilities. Most importantly, it secures

Experience exceptional performance, systems against cyberattacks without in- simplicity and reliability - wherever terference to critical systems. You can approve updates for a particular system you operate in the world.

to be deployed at a certain time. VulnX applies select patches and upgrades to speci? c systems across an organization’s assets and facilities. VulnX is designed for use in the maritime industry and environment, meaning it has the appro- priate mechanisms to account for low bandwidth and connectivity loss. It can be customized to meet a maritime com- pany’s needs and requirements.

Put in perspective your thoughts for the trajectory of Cyber crime and hacking in the coming 5 to 10 years?

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CONNECTIVITY PERFORMANCE COSTS SERVICE APPLICATIONS It is certainly going to increase and global cyberattacks will become more hostile and complex. At least in the next

Powering global connectivity ? ve years, there are estimates that cyber inmarsat.com/gxfx crime will double and reach $6 trillion annually by 2021. Small businesses will be increasingly targeted, as well. www.marinelink.com 31

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