Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Advances Domestic Cybersecurity Technology for Ships and Naval Vessels

On the 21st, five organizations including the Republic of Korea Navy, the Korea Coast Guard, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Korea University, and DS Lab Company held a seminar on cybersecurity at Korea University and are taking a commemorative photo. Photo by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) is taking active steps to localize cybersecurity technologies to be applied to next-generation smart ships and smart naval vessels.

DSME announced on the 24th that it presented plans for domestic development of cybersecurity regulations for ships in 2024 and proposals for applying ship cybersecurity regulations to naval vessels at the '2022 Smart Mobility Seminar' hosted by Korea University's Graduate School of Information Security.

The content presented by DSME at the seminar included ▲trends in international cybersecurity regulations in land and maritime mobility sectors ▲trends in maritime cybersecurity incidents ▲responses to cybersecurity regulations for ships based on the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) ▲and methods for applying cybersecurity regulations to naval vessels.

DSME obtained the highest grade AL3 certification for smart ship solutions from Lloyd's Register in the UK in 2019. In 2020, it signed a research agreement on naval cybersecurity with Korea University's Graduate School of Information Security, and in 2021, through projects with DS Lab Company Ltd., a small and medium-sized enterprise specializing in maritime cybersecurity, and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries' maritime industry demand technology R&D projects, DSME has been accumulating cybersecurity technology capabilities for commercial ships and defense naval vessels.

Recently, with the development of smart naval vessels and autonomous ships, cybersecurity has become the most critical issue in building cutting-edge ships. This is because the damage caused by hacking ships or naval vessels is difficult to estimate.

In fact, from January 2024, cybersecurity regulations from the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) will be mandatorily applied to all newly contracted ships. DSME has decided to collaborate with DS Lab Company Ltd. for domestic development to respond to the mandatory ship cybersecurity regulations (IACS E26, E27).

Based on this, DSME plans to thoroughly prepare to deliver ships that reflect the highest cybersecurity requirements to its clients regarding the mandatory provisions of ship cybersecurity.

Jung Woo-sung, Executive Vice President and Head of DSME's Special Ship Division, said, "We will develop dual-use technologies that can be commonly used in both defense and civilian sectors to present a new paradigm in maritime cybersecurity. DSME expects to contribute to enhancing the cyber survivability of next-generation advanced naval vessels through continuous cooperation with the Republic of Korea Navy as well as general commercial ships."

Meanwhile, the seminar was attended by leading institutions from various mobility sectors related to the 4th Industrial Revolution, including Hyundai Motor Company in the land sector and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute in the aviation sector, where various measures to strengthen cybersecurity in each field were discussed.

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