Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Declares War on Viruses Targeting Advanced Warships

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoonju Hwang] Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) is taking a leading role in developing cybersecurity technologies to counter viruses targeting next-generation advanced warships.

On the 17th, DSME announced that it signed a mutual cooperation agreement with Korea University Graduate School of Information Security to strengthen cybersecurity for next-generation advanced warships equipped with hyper-connected networks and has begun developing warship cybersecurity technologies.

Cybersecurity is a technology that protects internal and external networks connected to operational advanced warships from cyberattacks. If a warship suffers damage from a cyberattack, it could lead to military secret leaks as well as massive casualties and property damage.

The Smart Navy envisioned by the Republic of Korea Navy is a future naval strategy that transforms the navy into a highly advanced force by applying numerous Fourth Industrial Revolution-based technologies. Strengthening cybersecurity technology is essential for the success of this strategy. Therefore, DSME’s proactive research and development of advanced warship cybersecurity is attracting attention as the industry’s first attempt.

DSME has launched a cybersecurity research group together with Korea University and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and plans to continue research and development. At the research exchange meeting held on the 14th, DSME, Korea University, and SMEs including Marine Electronics, Cnet, and Daeyang Electric Industry presented research results on cybersecurity for integrated bridge systems, integrated communication systems, and small unmanned aerial vehicle response systems of advanced warships.

Yoon Insang, Executive Director in charge of Special Ship Design at DSME, said, “Not only the cybersecurity technologies for advanced warships announced on this day but also the advanced cybersecurity technologies being developed in collaboration with academia and industry will be applied to our navy’s smart warships, including the Korean Smart Destroyer KDDX, to perfectly protect our warships from cyberattacks.”

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