Lloyd’s Register (LR) announces that it has acquired cyber security services provider Nettitude, which it describes as a research-led organisation with “some of the most sophisticated technical capabilities in the industry”.

Classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) is addressing the range of new maritime cyber risk issues confronting shipping and has developed a comprehensive approach to support shipowners.

The maritime industry will have to be prepared to change its model to be a candidate for a smarter digital future, according to Transas, which is making “enterprise change” the subject of its annual Transas Global Conference.

In the latest cyber security warning for shipping Pen Test Partners have highlighted that hackers could sink a bulk carrier by deliberately imbalancing its cargo.

Shipbroker Clarksons has been hit by a cyber security incident, which it has reported to the police in the UK.

The Tripartite Shipbuilding Forum, which brings together shipowner associations, classification societies and shipyards, saw some 100 delegates at its annual meeting in Nantong this year and saw carbon emissions, safety and cyber security coming...

Despite claims that they are necessary, especially in the wake of recent cyber attack cases, cyber risk policies are still not being bought. 

The integral role of insurance, at a time that regulations and business practices cannot keep up with the rapid pace of technological change was in the spotlight at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the American Institute of Marine Underwriters ...

The cyber security risks to ECDIS navigation systems, many of which run on old, and unsupported operating systems, are well known, and ABS director of cyber security Paul Walters offers some very simple advice on how to help keep them safe.

With cyber security a very real and growing problem for the maritime industry Kongsberg has received the first type approval from DNV GL to address the issue.