Join the University of Plymouth for the latest maritime cyber risk evaluation & mitigation research. Find out how researchers and industry must collaborate to build cyber resilience at their annual symposium.

Cyber-SHIP Lab is the University of Plymouth Maritime Cyber Threats Research Group’s unique, hardware-based research platform. It’s a £3.2-million project funded by the University, Research England, and industry partners.

The Symposium will highlight the latest maritime cyber risk evaluation and mitigation research and explore how researchers and industry must collaborate to build cyber resilience. It will feature talks, demonstrations and panels exploring the themes:

• Maritime: uniquely valuable, uniquely vulnerable?
• Cyber challenges around maritime positioning, navigation, and communications systems
• International perspectives and opportunities for maritime cyber resilience collaboration
• Human factors in maritime cyber security
• The science and practicalities of effective maritime cyber risk mitigation
• Industry/research partnership

Confirmed speakers or panellists to date include experts from

ABS Group, BIMCO, BMT, Fathom5, DNV, Hensoldt, HFW, Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST), Marine Accident Investigation Branch, National Cyber Deception Laboratory, Cranfield University, Nettitude, OceanShield, Society of Maritime Industries, Thales, United States Coast Guard, University of Plymouth Maritime Cyber Threats Research Group and Marine Institute, Wärtsilä, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

Who should attend—in-person or online?

Cyber security-interested ship operators, maritime IT and OT systems manufacturers and integrators, specialist underwriters, cyber security consultants, government agencies involved in cyber defence or regulation, port authorities, peer academic researchers.

Pandemic pragmatism means we are committed to staging the Symposium as in-person/online hybrid.

It would be great to see you in person in Plymouth but we understand that some will not be able to travel. Please choose an in-person or online ticket when you register. In-person ticket numbers are limited due to space and any at-the-time social distancing protocols, so we advise early registration.

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