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International Maritime Cyber Security Organisation (IMCSO), an organisation which aims to raise the standard of cybersecurity risk assessment across the maritime industry, has been created and its scope of operations will include the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent. The IMCSO has devised a certification programme for security consultants and a professional register, helping shipping organisations to select experienced personnel. Alongside this, the IMCSO will also validate report outputs to ensure consistency with those reports held on a central database and made accessible to the authorities and third parties that need to determine the risk status of a vessel.
According to Campbell Murray, CEO at the IMCSO, “Ship’s captains often do not have the time to escort cyber auditors for these assessments and this is compounded by a variety of assessment methodologies used to provide risk and technical audit results to port authorities and insurers, leading to needless complexity, overheads and delays. It’s these issues that the IMCSO aims to address, by equipping the security industry to conduct these tests in an appropriate, safe and uniform manner, thus enabling the sector to benchmark compliance.”
The IMCSO Maritime Standard cyber certification scheme offers specialist training while an authorised supplier registry will also be made available by the IMCSO and will act as a record of approved cyber security suppliers within the maritime cyber security field. Furthermore, a risk register database will be maintained by the IMCSO containing the results of ship assessments and audits enabling relevant parties to access the cyber risk profile of any given vessel.
