The Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) announced on the 22nd that it held a kickoff workshop for the 'Research and Development of Technologies for Analyzing and Responding to Cyber Incidents in Vessels' at the PARADISE Hotel in Busan from the 20th to the 21st.
This workshop was held for the research of the 'Development of Technologies for Analyzing Cyber Incidents in Vessels and for Detection and Response' project, which is one of the new support projects under the 2025 core technology development project for information security conducted by the Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Yoo Sang-im) and the National IT Industry Promotion Agency.
The workshop attracted over 40 experts in cybersecurity and the shipping sector, including the main research institution KISA, as well as joint research institutions such as Korea Register of Shipping, Gachon University, Smart M2M, Genians, East Security, Kuntec, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea Shipbuilding and Ocean Engineering Equipment Research Institute, and demand and verification institutions like Hanwha System and T1IT, to kick off a collaborative system of industry, academia, and research.
On the first day of the session, presentations were made on ▲ KISA's first-year research and development direction ▲ research methods for analyzing operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) vulnerabilities of vessels by Smart M2M ▲ development methods for abnormal behavior detection technology in OT/IT environments and ransomware response technology by Genians and East Security ▲ development methods for reporting and responding to cyber incidents in vessels by Kuntec ▲ research plans for identifying abnormal signals in vessel networks by Gachon University ▲ and verification methods for operational vessel environmental technology by Korea Shipbuilding and Ocean Engineering Equipment Research Institute and T1IT.
On the second day, Korea Maritime University shared the current status of the autonomous vessel test bed operations, research results, and verification contents. Discussions continued on the research data-based implementation applications, including the status of vessel test bed research and development data and the multi-purpose maritime verification center.
Lee Sang-joong, head of KISA, said, "As the main research institution, KISA will do its best to strengthen the foundation for collaboration in the field of vessel security and ensure that research and development technologies can be applied in the field through technology development, verification, and policy linkage. Through this research and development, we aim to enhance the cybersecurity of maritime logistics supply chains and establish a practical foundation for related security corporations to enter the maritime cybersecurity market."