BIMCO says the shipping industry still hasn’t woken up to cyber-security. “For example during the design stage, there are no security processes for shipboard IT,” the deputy sec-gen Lars Robert Pedersen told press in Hamburg, Germany ahead of this year’s trade exposition SMM. “More often the problems arise at shore-side sites than at sea,” Pedersen…
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Tip of the month June 2016 – Don’t loose your money to employment scams
Have you been offered a job online or via email? Instead of making money it may well end up costing you. Read on to ensure you are not caught in a employment scam. Recently we have been made aware of an phishing email scam targeting seafarers, offering employment of varying ranks in an attempt to…
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Alert : Fake employment offer emails
Alert notice: Fake employment offers via email purporting to be from K-line There has been an increase in phishing emails aimed at seafarers. The purpose of these emails to is both gain information & the trust of the seafarer and scam them into thinking they have been offered a lucrative position with K-line. At some point during the process…
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US Coast Guard to introduce new cyber guidelines
The US Coast Guard (USCG) is currently in the process of developing cyber strategy standards for port vulnerability assessments, which will begin to be implemented in summer 2016. Cyber security is a hot topic for most industries, not least the maritime domain where at present there is little to no regulation on how to prevent…
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