Plenty of phish in the sea

Advancement in broadband technologies and the move towards “Big Data” will leave the maritime industry vulnerable to cyber-crime unless it develops a better awareness of ICT security and adopts security best practice, warned ESC Global Security’s head of cyber security division, Joseph Carson. “There is the potential for a major cyber-attack on the maritime industry to significantly disrupt food and energy supplies given that shipping transports 90% of the world’s global trade. Certainly there is the possibility for AIS, GNSS, ENC and ECDIS charts to disappear from bridge screens or be modified, but the issue today is that most adversaries want to obtain data for financial gain or criminal activities.”