The International Maritime Organization and the University of Plymouth’s Cyber-SHIP Lab jointly organised a symposium on maritime cyber security and resilience at the IMO headquarters on 1-2 November. The symposium shared the latest international maritime cyber risk evaluation and mitigation research and explored how governments, industry, researchers, and NGOs can collaborate to build international maritime supply chain cyber resilience. Industry and academic expert speakers addressed topics across ship, port, and maritime supply chain cyber security, including cyber security and safety of assets and people, new technologies, policy development and mariner training. Representing IAPH, former chair of the Legal Committee and honorary member Frans van Zoelen addressed the likely impact of the maritime single window for the exchange of data which becomes mandatory from January 2024. He ran through the relevant regulatory instruments on cyber security including IMO guidelines on cyber risk management, industry guidelines from IAPH, ENISA and BIMCO and the mandatory ISPS Code for port facilities. On a national level, Frans stressed the importance of futureproofing legislation by incorporating flexibility within it. Full proceedings of the symposium can be found here.
