Hyundai LNG Shipping (HLS) and the Korean Register (KR) have signed an MoU agreeing to conduct joint research on applying, verifying and developing guidance for maritime cyber security systems.

The companies will jointly verify cyber security solutions applicable to new ships and develop risk analysis and design safety evaluations for cyber security systems.

By requiring shipowners and managers incorporate cyber risk management into shipping’s International Safety Management (ISM) Code, IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) resolution MSC.428(98), adopted in 2017, will increase demand for…