Maritime Cyber Resilience

“IMO Resolution MSC.428(98) requires cyber risk to be addressed in every ship’s safety management system. From July 2024, IACS UR E26 and E27 made cyber resilience requirements mandatory for new vessel newbuilds across all classification societies.”
— ICO

Our Approach

The Aristos Partnership approach to maritime cyber resilience is grounded in industry best practice and aligned to the BIMCO Cyber Security Guidelines for Shipping — the most widely recognised framework in the sector. BIMCO has issued updated guidelines to address the increasing and evolving threat to both information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) aboard ships and in shore-based management functions.

We work with shipowners, ship managers, operators, port authorities, and maritime supply chain organisations to build cyber resilience that is proportionate, evidence-based, and operationally credible, at Board level, in shore-based management, and with vessel crews

We delivered the first cyber security assessment for a leading NYSE-listed worldwide shipping company.

We have experience across shipowners, ship managers, port operators, and maritime infrastructure providers.

Our exercise programme has covered GPS/GNSS spoofing, ECDIS manipulation, cargo management platform compromise, and integrated IT/OT incident scenarios.

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  • 1. Threat & Compliance

    • Rising attacks on IT & OT systems (Maersk, COSCO precedents)

    • IMO ISM code cyber requirements (effective 2021)

    • BIMCO Cyber Security Guidelines alignment

    • Customer procurement & due diligence requirements

    • Enterprise value and insurability implications

  • 2. Resilience By Design

    • IT & OT asset inventory and vulnerability assessment

    • Sector-specific scenario design (port, vessel, SCADA)

    • Board and SLT-level cyber exercise delivery

    • BIMCO-aligned incident response planning

    • Supply chain and third-party risk integration

  • 3. Assurance & Improvement

    • Post-exercise lessons identified and action tracker

    • ISM code compliance review and gap closure

    • Maturity benchmarking across exercise cycles

    • Regulatory and flag state reporting confidence

    • Demonstrable resilience for stakeholders and insurers