Cyber Risk
Commercially driven management for shipping
The shipping sector has been focused quite heavily on a compliance-driven approach to cyber risk management, catalysed by IMO 2021. However, cyber risk management is really more a commercial issue and ultimately about ensuring you are protecting against your key financial exposures. Compliance is just one consideration.
HFW and CyberOwl have joined forces to help our clients assess, monitor and actively manage their cyber risks, and gain assurance of cyber compliance.
HFW’s market-leading shipping lawyers, recognised as experts in advising our clients on major incident prevention and response, and CyberOwl’s team of data and security experts work together to help the maritime sector prevent and actively defend against commercial, legal, technical and operational risks, including reviews of vessel cyber security seaworthiness, cyber security monitoring, and related legal and consulting advice.
Together we can help you overcome the unique technical, operational, legal and commercial challenges of shipping by assisting you in identifying where your realistic cyber exposure lie, how best to actively monitor and mitigate those risks, and gain assurance of cyber compliance. Our combined solutions help you minimise your liabilities in the unfortunate event of a cyber attack.
HFW’s cross-jurisdictional expertise in maritime risk, crisis management, insurance and regulation expertise means that HFW is ideally placed to assist with any cyber-related query, and should you be faced with an attack, HFW’s renowned international cyber response team can provide a 24/7 response.
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Global industry reports
New Report Data From HFW and CyberOwl Highlights Urgency of Maritime Industry in Tackling Growing Cyber Threats
New report data reveals that only 1 in 6 shipowners fully understand what a cyber-secure vessel should look like upon delivery, highlighting a critical gap in the industry’s approach to maritime cybersecurity. The report, published by global, sector-focused law firm HFW and maritime cyber security company CyberOwl, explores key stakeholder challenges and approaches to managing cybersecurity across the lifecycle of a vessel.
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Related insights
CyberOwl written insights
CMA CGM cyber attack: Are my team prepared?
The CMA CGM cyber attack came to emphasise the vulnerability of the shipping industry to attackers.
In response, CyberOwl produced a two-part Special Report on the questions management should be asking IT, and how IT teams should answer them.
What is the CMA CGM cyber attack happened to us?
As fleet operators started to ask themselves questions about their organisations resilience to similar attacks, in part two of the Special Report, CyberOwl discusses how to respond to managements questions on the CMA CGM attack, covering the 6 main queries that may arise in similar circumstances.
What cybersecurity issues are keeping shipping up at night?
To assist the shipping sector on cyber security matters, CyberOwl ran a series of workshops in pursuit of developing a free toolkit to the shipping community take practical steps towards cyber safety and defence. In this article, the team dives into the workshop results and some interesting trends and insights to take away from them.
