KB News Desk
HD Hyundai became the first Korean firm to receive approvals in principal (AiPs) from the world’s six largest ship classification societies for its cybersecurity technologies for ships, the company said Tuesday.
Britain’s Lloyd’s Register and Japan’s Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) recently granted AiPs to HD Hyundai’s technologies for cyber resilience of its liquefied natural gas floating storage regasification unit (LNG FSRU), based on the International Association of Classification Societies’ Unified Requirements E26 (IACS UR E26).
This came after HD Hyundai got AiPs from Korean Register, France’s Bureau Veritas, Norway’s Det Norske Veritas and the American Bureau of Shipping for its cyber resilience technologies.
The six classification societies are members of the IACS, which exercises a strong influence over the global shipbuilding and shipping industries by setting international classification standards for ships.
HD Hyundai emphasized the importance of cyber resilience of ships, as it can protect ships from cyberattacks, minimize damage from such attacks and enable stable operation, amid the growing threat of cyberattacks after digitalization of various systems.
The IACS also obliged all signatories in shipbuilding contracts after July to secure cyber resilience technologies for their ships.
In response, HD Hyundai has been carrying out joint projects with classification societies since last year to design cyber resilience networks and establish a response system to cyberattacks.
“For stable operation of digitalized ships, demand is growing for tightened cybersecurity technologies,” an HD Hyundai official said. “With the highest level of cybersecurity technologies, we will maintain our status as the global No. 1 shipbuilder.”
HD Hyundai Marine Solution, a subsidiary of HD Hyundai, also launched a cybersecurity system brand named Hi-Secure and applied its technologies to an LNG FSRU under construction.
