News / Tech advances leave ship systems cyber-vulnerable, says DNV

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A lack of interconnected shipboard equipment is making shipping a difficult target for cyberattack – but this situation is changing as ship systems are integrated, making vessels potentially far more vulnerable to cyber-attack, a DNV expert said this week.

Many ships are operating on systems that are naturally isolated as a side-effect of being behind, technologically. Operational technology (OT) systems like navigation, ballast pumps. and engine governors are text-based programs designed to operate independently.

In an ...