New guide for maritime cyber security
The non-profit group Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), a neutral body established to further digitalisation of container shipping through technology standards, recently published the DCSA cyber security implementation guide to facilitate vessel readiness for the IMO (international maritime organisation) resolution MSC.428(98) on maritime cyber risk management in safety management systems.
The best practices outlined by DCSA provide all shipping companies with a task-based approach for meeting the IMO's January 2021 implementation timeframe. The DCSA cyber security guide (DCSA Implementation Guide for Cyber Security on Vessels) can be freely downloaded from the DCSA website.
The guide aligns with existing BIMCO and NIST (US National Institute of Standards and Technology) cyber risk management frameworks. The DCSA guide gives shipowners the tools they need to help designated technical crew members mitigate the risk of cyber attack or contain damage (fail safe) and recover in the event of an attack. (mw)