Maritime Cyber Simulator Scenario Workshop report

Abstract

The 7th of December 2021, the Maritime Cyber Resilience (MarCy) project held a Cyber Simulator Scenario workshop aiming to create a fundament for training to enhance operational maritime cyber resilience.

MarCy is a research project collaboration, between the academic partners Norwegian University for Science and Technology (NTNU), Norwegian Defence University College (NDUC), and the industry partners DNV, Norwegian Hull Club (NHC) and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA).

The scope of the workshop was to invite maritime stakeholders and people in the maritime industry to discuss how and if simulator training should be part of cyber awareness training, and what simulator scenarios can be beneficial to implement in such training. The aim was to develop both operational level scenarios for the crew handling ships, and management level scenarios for the shipowners and maritime stakeholders. In addition to this, the workshop led to fruitful discussion how the maritime industry is dealing and coping with cyber threats, and what could be considered as beneficial for cyber training. Real life incidents and experiences was also shared among the participants.

The MarCy project partners and the authors of the report want to express their greatest gratitude for all the participants attending the workshop. The workshop could not have been completed without you. Due to the protection of the privacy for the attendants, no individual level information is given. See more in Section 2.

List of the organizations attending the workshop: DNV Island Offshore Kongsberg Aerospace & Defence Norwegian Defence University College Norwegian Hull Club NTNU – COAST project NTNU in Ålesund NTNU in Gjøvik NTNU – SFI-Move project Royal Norwegian Naval Academy The Norwegian Armed Forces Cyber Defence The Norwegian Armed Forces The Norwegian Coast Guard The Norwegian Coastal Administration The Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue