COVID-19 digitization in maritime: understanding cyber risks

Kristen Kuhn; Salih  Bicakci; Siraj Shaikh

doi:10.1007/s13437-021-00235-1

COVID-19 digitization in maritime: understanding cyber risks

Kristen Kuhn, Salih Bicakci, Siraj Shaikh

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Abstract

Digitization is reshaping the maritime industry which is under increasing pressure to transform. Technology is more common as it offers improvements and carves out early adapters as more competitive. COVID-19 hastens digitization and creates new digital opportunity structures which increase cyber risks. Cyber attacks, which can cripple critical systems and services at significant cost, motivate stakeholders to engage with these risks. This paper reviews current events and introduces an exercise where participants at a NATO Centre of Excellency were shown scenarios involving maritime cyber incidents and evaluated on cyber risk perception. Our findings lend insight on how to assess group cyber risk perception—and how this impacts response. They highlight the need to plan for cyberspace operations and ground cyber risks as a intricate governing factor in maritime.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	193-214
Number of pages	22
Journal	WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs
Volume	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13437-021-00235-1
Publication status	Published - 22 Jun 2021

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Cyber risk perception
Decision-making
Maritime security

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COVID-19 digitization in maritime: understanding cyber risks

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