The shipping industry is increasingly embracing Big Data and the Internet of Things (IoT) in a move to transform and streamline many aspects of ship operations. This can mean connecting through secure Internet links computers and sensors on ships at sea with shoreside IT networks.

The Denmark-based company Danelec pointed out in mid-August that while these technical innovations can bring big benefits in terms of greater visibility into the performance of assets and improved efficiency, they also can create new risks in terms of vulnerability to cyber attacks on the shipboard and shoreside IT infrastructure.

Danelec’s white paper here.