Expressing pride in the long, shared history between the US Coast Guard (USCG) and ABS, Wiernicki recognized USCG leadership in cybersecurity as a regulatory agency and described how cybersecurity has been expanded to a holistic safety approach at ABS.

‘In surveying our clients, ABS confirmed that cyber as a safety issue is among their top concerns,’ Wiernicki said. ‘That prompted our expansion of the ABS CyberSafety™ program, which is the industry’s first risk-based management program with actionable best practice approaches to four key cyber areas, including cybersecurity, automated systems safety, data integrity and software verification. With this extensive program we are defining the absolute value of safety.’