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COVER STORY THE CALM THROUGH THE STORM

Photo courtesy DNV ing the best choices going forward? And I think small, me- dium or big, it is basically the same issues: it’s around getting more longer lifespan out the vessels we have in the water, and what do we need to do to make sure that the new vessels we

Cyber Security in Perspective are getting are not going to be stranded assets.” “It may be a bad way to say it, but (cyber hacking) is one

The advice (DNV delivers) varies from owner to own own- of the fastest growing industries. I recently heard that a er, segment to segment, ? eet age group to age group; but to smart houses in Norway was hacked and the poor family start, Ørbeck-Nilssen advises that it’s really important to ? rst couldn’t even turn on the lights. The problem is growing and know where you are. “I remember a famous politician in Eu- the hackers are beating the protection measures. There rope said that we have to base our decisions on facts, logic was around a 400% increase in attempts in the maritime and hope. I thought that resonates very well with the situation industry from February to June 2020 alone. We see cyber that many ship owners are in these days: you have to know security as one of the biggest needs across our entire group.” the facts; you have to make some logical assessment of what to do; and then you just hope that you made the right choice!

I think the biggest mistake though, is the one that chooses to do nothing at all.”

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