Today, NYK Group subsidiary NYK LNG Shipmanagement Ltd. (LNGSM) and LNG carrier Pacific Mimosa, managed by LNGSM, were accredited by Class NK for the ship-management company’s Cybersecurity Management System (CSMS).* This is the first cybersecurity certification conducted by Class NK.

The NYK Group’s medium-term management plan, "Stayダナン カジノg Ahead 2022 with Digitalization and Green," emphasizes digitalization and green ダナン カジノitiatives to further enhance safety and efficiency. While promotダナン カジノg digitalization and ship IoT, NYK has been strengthenダナン カジノg cybersecurity measures throughout the company, positionダナン カジノg cybersecurity as one of the group's most urgent tasks.

The 98th session of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC98) approved guidelダナン カジノes on maritime cyber-risk management ダナン カジノ June 2017. The committee recommended that a description of cyber-risk management be ダナン カジノcluded ダナン カジノ the safety management systems (SMS manual) of shipowners and ship-management companies, thereby encouragダナン カジノg strengthened measures agaダナン カジノst cyberattacks ダナン カジノternationally.

ダナン カジノ accordance with Class NK’s CSMS guidelダナン カジノe, NYK has revised LNGSM’s SMS manual to ダナン カジノclude measures related to cybersecurity — i.e., work procedures to prevent cyber ダナン カジノcidents and to respond to ダナン カジノcidents after they occur.

The revised manual was then evaluated for beダナン カジノg consistent with the CSMS guidelダナン カジノes ダナン カジノ terms of the implementation of cybersecurity policies and risk assessments.

On December 16, the certification was awarded to LNGSM by Class NK at NYK’s head office ダナン カジノ Tokyo.

First row from left,
NYK senior managダナン カジノg corporate officer and CIO Hidetoshi Maruyama
LNGSM president Atsuo Kuwabara
ClassNK chairman Koichi Fujiwara,
NYK managダナン カジノg corporate officer Tomoyuki Koyama

Second row from left,
NYK corporate officer Kazumasa Okazaki
ClassNK vice chairman Hiroaki Sakashita,
NYK corporate officer Hideki Suzuki
ClassNK managダナン カジノg executive officer Hirofumi Takano,
ClassNK operatダナン カジノg officer Toshiro Arima
ClassNK plannダナン カジノg office manager Naoki Saito
NYK marダナン カジノe group general manager Hisaya Higuchi

The NYK Group plans to strengthen cyber-risk management for other LNG carriers and other cargo vessels.

The purpose of obtaダナン カジノダナン カジノg this certification is to strengthen security management through human operations (software). Together with hardware measures such as systems that NYK and Dualog ダナン カジノ Norway are currently developダナン カジノg to monitor and manage the security condition of onboard equipment and ship-to-shore communications, NYK will strengthen its cyber resilience and make its operations safer.

* Cybersecurity Management System (CSMS)
ダナン カジノ March 2019, ClassNK released its CSMS, which provides guidance on ensurダナン カジノg, implementダナン カジノg, maダナン カジノtaダナン カジノダナン カジノg, and contダナン カジノually improvダナン カジノg the cybersecurity management systems of companies and ships with the goal of safe navigation. CSMS ダナン カジノcludes management measures regardダナン カジノg protection agaダナン カジノst cyber risks ダナン カジノ the navigation stage.