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ClassNK Puts GNSS Interference Detection on the Class Certificate — What It Means Beside IACS UR E26/E27 A new notation for ships that can detect jamming and spoofing — the gap it fills, what it does not promise, and why other class societies are likely to follow Captain Paul Maritime 4.0 · AI, Data & Cyber Security · LinkedIn Japan's ClassNK has added a class notation for ships fitted with systems that detect the effects of GNSS interference and alert the bridge . It is a small line in a rulebook, but it is the first time a major class society has put GPS jamming and spoofing on the class certificate itself. For anyone working with IACS UR E26 and E27 , it is also a clear signal: the cyber-resilience rules we are all implementing do not cover attacks that arrive through the antenna instead of the network.

Three Pages for an Entire Ship: Why I Rejected a Shipyard's E26 Vessel Asset Inventory First : Vessel Asset Inventory [E26, 5.1.3] ※ The shipyard and SI company names are anonymized (H*, M*). Jack Superintendent · M**  (M** Shipping Company) I want to share some of the problems I have experienced with cyber security documents for ships being built in China. The first document I want to talk about is the Vessel Asset Inventory under E26, Section 5.1.3. I have a strong message for Chinese shipyards and shipowners: Hire a competent cyber security SI company of Korea.

Zero Trust for OT in the Age of AI: Concept and Execution through NIST SP 800-207 and the NSA OT CSI NIST SP 800-207 defines what zero trust is. NSA's new OT guidance says what legacy OT should do first. Read together, they show what OT defense should accelerate in the age of AI, and what it should keep under human control, especially on a ship that loses its link to shore. Julius Shin Maritime Technical Consultant · Shipboard Cybersecurity & Compliance - LinkedIn :  https://www.linkedin.com/in/abysstoinfinity On 8 October 2026, the NSA released a Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI) titled "Hardening Department of War (DoW) Critical Operational Technology (OT) Environments with Zero Trust (ZT) Principles." It frames the urgency around AI. Adversaries, it says, are using super intelligence (SI) to automate reconnaissance, speed up exploit developm...

Zero Trust for OT in the AI Era: Rereading IACS UR E26/E27 Through the NSA Guidance Read clause by clause, E26/E27 already contain much of what NSA asks for. The difference lies elsewhere: where ships place trust, how they answer machine-speed attacks, and when their rules stop checking. Julius Shin Maritime Technical Consultant · Shipboard Cybersecurity & Compliance - LinkedIn :  https://www.linkedin.com/in/abysstoinfinity Introduction IACS UR E26/E27 already contain much of what NSA's new OT Zero Trust guidance asks for. The real difference is not a missing clause. It is where each document places trust, how each responds to attacks that move at machine speed, and when each stops checking.

One Europe, Two Shipbuilding Strategies: The Gap Between Brussels and Athens Julius Shin Maritime Technical Consultant · Shipboard Cybersecurity & Compliance - LinkedIn :  https://www.linkedin.com/in/abysstoinfinity Introduction: In 2026, Europe Spoke About Shipbuilding Twice In 2026, Europe gave two answers on how to rebuild its shipbuilding industry. In March, the European Commission in Brussels published its first standalone Industrial Maritime Strategy. In July, the Greek Shipyards Association in Athens unanimously approved the "Greek Shipbuilding Manifesto 2027–2035 & Project NEXUS." Both documents start from the same crisis: global shipbuilding output is concentrated in a handful of places in Asia, and the EU's global share has fallen to about 5%. Yet their prescriptions are opposite. Brussels says, "Defend only where we can win." Athens says, "Redr...

NIST Now Counts Ships as OT — An E26 Practitioner Reads SP 800-82r4 Section 2.5.4 NIST's new OT guide now has a section on ships. It explains well why vessels are hard to secure. What it leaves out is who is responsible over the ship's life, the criteria for design decisions, and the link to safety. Julius Shin Maritime Technical Consultant · Shipboard Cybersecurity & Compliance - LinkedIn :  https://www.linkedin.com/in/abysstoinfinity In August 2026, the US Coast Guard (USCG) and the FBI boarded US-bound tankers to assess their OT. A month later, on 21 September, NIST released the initial public draft of SP 800-82 Rev.4 with a vessel section for the first time: 2.5.4 Maritime/Vessels. In the same season that regulators stepped aboard, the US standards body wrote ships into its OT guide. SP 800-82r4 ipd, 21 Sep 2026 Section 2.5.4: about three pages No c...

SHIP25 Clause 23 Cyber Security — Reading a Newbuilding Clause That Governs the Yard, Not the Ship, From the Owner's Side The first stand-alone cyber clause in a Norwegian standard newbuilding contract. It governs the shipyard, not the ship. Why the yard's cyber posture is still the owner's problem, and where it meets the cyber security of the vessel being delivered. Julius Shin Maritime Technical Consultant · Shipboard Cybersecurity & Compliance - LinkedIn :  https://www.linkedin.com/in/abysstoinfinity On 9 October 2025 the Norwegian standard form shipbuilding contract was revised for the first time in 25 years, and SHIP25 arrived with a stand-alone cyber security clause. Read the text and one thing is plain: Clause 23 addresses the shipyard's cyber risk during the build, not the cyber resilience of the ...