1/16/2021
Atlantic Offshore is adopting Inmarsat’s Fleet Safe Endpoint cyber resilience answer throughout its fleet, together with on board Ocean Artwork.
North Sea operator Atlantic Offshore has put its ranges of cyber resilience considerably forward of approaching Worldwide Maritime Group necessities for ship homeowners, after adopting Fleet Safe Endpoint from Inmarsat to guard in opposition to ongoing cyber threats.
Atlantic Offshore is adopting Inmarsat’s Fleet Safe Endpoint cyber resilience answer throughout its fleet, together with on board Ocean Artwork.
The state-of-the-art cyber safety answer was put in to coincide with a Fleet Xpress bandwidth improve throughout its fleet of offshore assist vessels. All vessels now use Fleet Xpress to realize most add/obtain speeds of 4MBps/2MBps, with the Ka-band/L-band answer delivering dedicated data charges of 256kbps.
“The shift in direction of digitalization, crew welfare wants and demand for better vessel effectivity are all drivers for reviewing and upgrading our ship/shore connectivity wants, says Roy Wareberg, CEO, Atlantic Offshore. “Assembly subsequent yr’s IMO cyber safety guidelines in the identical step was a chance too good to overlook.”
Fleet Safe Endpoint defends ship networks at their susceptible ‘endpoints’, which will be something from a business-critical PC to a crew laptop computer. The multi-layered safety answer scans the community and eliminates malicious encryption, blocks forbidden websites, shuts down malicious connections and runs anti-spyware/anti-phishing software program. It solely permits trusted endpoints to work together with the community, with new gadgets labelled rogue till verified. Malware launched by contaminated USBs additionally prompts ‘guardian portal’ intervention.
“We’re seeing information utilization on board ship doubling roughly each eight months and homeowners develop a aggressive edge by upgrading connectivity to anticipate crew welfare and vessel operational wants,” says Eric Griffin, Vice President, Offshore & Fishing, Inmarsat Maritime. “Ahead-looking firms equivalent to Atlantic Offshore acknowledge that the menace from the cybercriminals can also be rising, which is why they select Inmarsat as a safe connectivity supplier throughout all contact factors, together with endpoints.”
Accessible to be used with Fleet Xpress, FleetBroadband, and Fleet One, Fleet Safe Endpoint covers 10 of the 20 detection, reporting and restoration standards outlined by the SANS Institute as important for cybersecurity with out requiring {hardware} changes or consciousness coaching.
Shipowners and managers should incorporate tips regarding cyber danger administration into their security administration programs by 1 January 2021. Fleet Safe Endpoint gives a cheap cyber safety product for the maritime market that helps assist compliance, in a single answer that protects vessels and the communications community.
“The Fleet Safe Endpoint Safety report offers the proprietor and a transparent overview of the safety standing of the vessel in a format that’s absolutely compliant with IMO 2021,” says Eric Griffin.
