Maritime Coalition Launches Free Vulnerability Database for Ship and Port Systems
Several organizations have teamed up to create Blue Initiative, a public vulnerability database that indexes IT and OT vulnerabilities impacting the maritime industry.
Blue Initiative is the work of cybersecurity company Cydome, Japan’s ClassNK classification society, testing and certification giant Bureau Veritas, the Maritime Transportation System Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MTS-ISAC), and Rakuten Symphony’s maritime cybersecurity and digital solutions unit, Rakuten Maritime.
The new project aims to help maritime organizations identify and prioritize vulnerabilities that could threaten their systems.
“Identifying which vulnerabilities actually matter to the systems maritime companies operate is a major challenge,” said Cydome CEO Nir Ayalon, “and our vision with the Blue Initiative is to have a public and open single source of truth for maritime-related vulnerabilities.
“This will provide IT and cyber teams, vendors and research facilities a much more focused view of risks relevant to their specific vessels, making vulnerabilities and risk management much...
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