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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Cyber Security

Highlighting

the threat

H

ighlighting the growing threat of
cyber crime is a growing priority

for global shipping and it was the

topic of a major seminar organised by the

Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
28 |(MPA) and the Singapore Shipping

Association during Singapore Maritime

Week.
The inaugural Maritime Cyber Security

Seminar brought together leaders in the

international and Singapore shipping
sectors and they were presented with real-

life case studies on how the industry can

successfully counter cyber security threats.

They also participated in a workshop on
how to assess a company’s current cyber

security posture.

Mr Teo Chin Hock, Senior Advisor,
Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA),

delivered the keynote address where he

outlined the concerns of cyber incidents Information Systems Security Certiication “With the growing
leading to disruption and highlighted the Consortium (ISC2); and Mr Hoo Chuan Wei,
sophistication of
broad mitigating strategies.APAC Technical Advisor, ISC2.

Businesses were also advised to raise “The maritime industry today is highly cyber-attacks, cyber

cyber security risks “to the boardroom.” reliant on technology across virtually
Other cyber security thought leaders all fronts, from onshore to shipboard security is an area

sharing their expertise and experience at operations to navigation at sea. We of vital interest to

the seminar included Mr Philip Tinsley, believe it is time for the industry to now
Security Manager, Baltic and International pay closer attention to this emerging risk. shipowners and

Maritime Council (BIMCO); Mr Sam Goh, The inaugural Cyber Security Seminar at
operators.
President (Singapore Chapter), InternationalSingapore Maritime Week 2016 seeks to

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