Maritime cyber security ship simulator

An academic from the 精品无码国产自产 has won a prestigious international accolade for her research underpinning a suite of software tools designed to enhance maritime cyber security.

Dr Kimberly Tam, Lecturer in Cyber Security, won the overall prize 鈥 and the dedicated cyber category 鈥 in the .

The prize is awarded to academics and PhD students who, through their scientific work, further the understanding of risk and insurance.

Dr Tam鈥檚 award was in recognition of her work on the Maritime Cyber Risk Assessment (MaCRA) framework, which she developed in conjunction with the University鈥檚 Maritime Cyber Threats Research Group.

The were first set out in a study published in the WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs in 2019, and co-authored by Dr Tam and Executive Dean of Science and Engineering, Professor Kevin Jones.

The paper proposed a dynamic risk assessment model that uniquely takes into account both information technology and operational technology, both of which are prevalent in sectors like transportation and critical national infrastructure.

The University was then awarded a grant from the Maritime Research and Innovation UK (MarRI-UK) initiative to develop it as an industry-ready solution that ensures crucial cargo keeps reaching the UK鈥檚 shores.

It is the second award the software has won in just over a week after it triumphed in a Cyber Den competition run as part of the UK government鈥檚 flagship cyber security event, CYBERUK.

Dr Tam said:

鈥淩eceiving the overall 2021 Lloyd鈥檚 Science of Risk prize is a big honour. It shows there is real appreciation of the growing threat of cyber-crime, and the importance of addressing the challenges it could pose for the globally important maritime sector.
"The paper looks at ways the physical and cyber worlds affect each other, and how shifting our concept of risk to be more dynamic can be a useful tool moving forwards in a more connected world.鈥

Kimberly Tam (square)
Dr Kimberly Tam, Lecturer in Cyber Security

The judging panel included Dr Trevor Maynard, Lloyd鈥檚; Alison Robinson, NERC; Iveren Yongo, Travellers; George Beattie, Beazley; Julia Graham, AIRMIC; and Ben Oppenheim, Metabiota.

They chose the winning entry as they collectively felt that the applicability and ease of uptake on the suggested framework for the insurance market was the strongest out of all the themes.

They also highlighted the major contribution of the paper in the cyber arena as the research not only aids insurers, but also helps ship owners and operators prioritise, aggregate, and understand the evolving risk landscape.

Dr Trevor Maynard, head of Innovation at Lloyd鈥檚 said:

鈥淭he Science of Risk prize is an important route for expert insight to come to the Lloyd鈥檚 market and raise awareness of exemplary academic research work of interest to the insurance community. Cyber, climate change and, of course, pandemics are highly relevant and growing areas of risk, so we鈥檙e pleased to have received many thought-provoking submissions for this year鈥檚 prize. I鈥檇 like to congratulate Kimberly on her work, and I鈥檓 delighted to award her Lloyd鈥檚 Science of Risk prize for 2021.鈥