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Second edition of the lines guides on computer science safety for the ships
They are elaborated by the working group constituted from Bimco, Intercargo, Intertanko, ICS, IUMI and OCIMF
July 5, 2017
Today the working group constituted from international the shipowning associations Bimco, Intercargo, Intertanko, International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), from the International Union of Maritime Insurance (IUMI) and from the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) has introduced the .
Introduced little more than a week from it I attack computer science that has put out of service the it system of the Maersk Line, the company of navigation leader of the containerized marine transport, systems and functionalities that still are not restored fully even if the business activity of the company is returned almost to normality, with the second edition of the document the working group has widened the topics of computer science safety to the connected insurance problems, to the modalities to segment the computer science nets, to new practical councils on the interface ship-earth and to the modalities to manage computer science safety in occasion of the ports of call to the ports.
Moreover the second edition of the "The Guidelines on Cyber Security Onboard Ships" - than draft specifically the potential risks of attack to the computer science systems of the ship and not of the risks of infection of computer science systems for the management of the business activities and the terminalistiche activities as those hit near the Maersk - also is aligned to the recommendations included in the lines guides on cyber risk management that is adopted in these days from the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
"Computer science safety - it has emphasized the general secretary and managing director of the Bimco, Angus Frew - is sure an important topic for all we and this last guide includes precious information, applying to an approach to the risk in all the interested areas, evidencing as the actions unconscious of an individual can place to risk its organization". "To light of the recent events - it has added Frew - we exhort all the attache's of the field to unload it" (the address is http://bit.ly/2tmwGZ3). Frew has invited all the interested parts "to take in consideration the risk that the computer science crimes can cause to their ships and to their activities. The ignorance - it has concluded - is not more an option, as all we is quickly realizing".
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