Experts call for heightened ship cyber security systems

From: IHS Maritime 360

Savahna Nightingale

Companies whose operations rely on programmable control systems, which could include ships and offshore structures in the maritime industry, are increasingly becoming a target for cyber threats.

Insurers and reinsurers should come up with policy covers to help their clients mitigate the risk, delegates at the 5th Annual Africa Insurance & Reinsurance Conference in Nairobi were told today.

KPMG Kenya’s IT Advisory senior manager Antony Nzamu said that many organisations across all economic sectors “are recognising and experiencing first hand that cyber attacks are no longer a matter of ‘if’ but when”.

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