This is Episode #3 of the Maritime Cyber Security Insight. “Our role as marine insurers is to understand the change on board of the vessels. So 'What is the change in technique? ' or 'What does the digitalization mean and where are the new risks arising out of that?' - and this is in fact our key competency and should be our key competency. We should put our clients on supports with risk assessment and risk mitigation measures to understand what the new risk is and how we get hold of t...

This is Episode #2 of the Maritime Cyber Security Insight. "It is important to understand that you cannot hide from a cyber attack. We still have people in the maritime world who think you can. As is widely known, former Cisco CEO John Chambers once said, “There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those who don’t yet know they have been hacked”. So everyone is under attack continuously. Most of the impact you can handle but once in a while you cannot so well. I...

Sea Japan 2022, one of Japan's biggest event was held from 20-22 of April . The biannual conference & exhibition came back as an in-person event, welcoming a number of guests from all over the places around the world. Rafael Cigarruista, General Director of Merchant Marine, Panama Maritime Authority (PMA), was one of the key speakers there. In this special bonus episode, Naoki Saito, Head of Cyber Security Team, ClassNK sits with Rafael right after Sea Japan 2022 and ...

This is a “Coffee Break Session”, a special annex episode to Episode#1. "Sharing of cyber incident reports, with qualified organizations or platforms, under the assurance of anonymity, will ensure that a professional analytical approach is applied, where trends are studied geographically, and across companies, cultures and equipment.", said Capt. Ruchin Dayal, Founder and CEO of eDot Solutions. In the last episode, Panama Maritime Authority (PMA) introduced their new Voluntary Cy...

"Providing a platform where you can gain knowledge on what you should be prepared against is for the good of the maritime community. For this, it makes sense for a flag authority to lead a cyber incident reporting platform", said Nyxkhari Ardila, Chief of Maritime Ships Security Department, Panama Maritime Authority (PMA). PMA recently established an online platform for reporting onboard cyber incidents for Panamanian flagged vessels. In this episode of the Maritime Cyber Security Insight, ...