University and International Maritime Organization hold annual cyber symposium

Almost 300 leading global figures in maritime cyber security discussed some of the key cyber challenges facing the global shipping industry
Almost 300 leading global figures in maritime cyber security met at the IMO Main Hall to discuss some of the key cyber challenges facing the global shipping industry

Almost 300 of the world’s leading global figures in maritime cyber security attended an annual symposium to discuss some of the key cyber challenges facing the global shipping industry.
The symposium on maritime cyber security and resilience was jointly organised by the University of Plymouth’s Cyber-SHIP Lab and the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Experts from the University and across the world shared details of the latest international maritime cyber risk evaluation and mitigation research.
They also explored how governments, industry, researchers, and NGOs can collaborate across fields including maritime autonomy, insurance, skills and training.
The speakers also addressed topics across ship, port, and maritime supply chain cyber security, including the safety of assets and people, new technologies, and policy development.
The symposium was staged in the IMO’s Main Hall and was opened by Professor Judith Petts CBE, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Plymouth, who spoke about the University’s position at the global forefront of maritime cyber research.

From a fringe topic just a few years back, cyber security in the maritime space has now become a major concern for the industry and indeed many nation states. This event has become the largest of its kind anywhere in the world, with delegates from more than 40 nations, including researchers, industry, and government representatives, helping address the issues from all perspectives and at a global scale. The Cyber-SHIP Lab team from the University of Plymouth are committed to continuing to raise awareness of, and to provide research based mitigations to, the problems of maritime cyber threats.

Kevin JonesKevin Jones
Executive Dean of Science and Engineering

Almost 300 leading global figures in maritime cyber security met at the IMO Main Hall to discuss some of the key cyber challenges facing the global shipping industry
Almost 300 leading global figures in maritime cyber security met at the IMO Main Hall to discuss some of the key cyber challenges facing the global shipping industry
Almost 300 leading global figures in maritime cyber security met at the IMO Main Hall to discuss some of the key cyber challenges facing the global shipping industry
 
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