Cybersecurity in maritime digital twins
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Cybersecurity ; Maritime sector ; Digital twins ; Digital twin technologyAbstract
Digital Twin technology (DTT) has become an integral part of the maritime sector, offering enhanced operational efficiency, predictive maintenance, and real-time data analysis. However, its increasing adoption also introduces significant cybersecurity risks, threatening the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of maritime digital ecosystems. This research examines the cybersecurity challenges associated with DTs and identifies countermeasures to mitigate these risks. The study analyzes a range of vulnerabilities affecting DT infrastructures, including threats related to network security, data transmission, firmware, software, and hardware exploits. It highlights key cybersecurity risks, analyzes potential attacks, and explores the regulatory standards of the current maritime cybersecurity frameworks. Additionally, it proposes countermeasures to enhance security at different functional layers of DTs. Finally, a gap analysis is presented, comparing the most common maritime security standard, IMO MSC-FAL.1/Circ.3 with some specific security requirements for DTT, categorized also in the study. The findings of this gap analysis highlighted even more the importance of updating the existing security frameworks to keep up with technological advancements, such as DTT.
Postgraduate Studies Programme
Ασφάλεια Ψηφιακών ΣυστημάτωνDepartment
Σχολή Τεχνολογιών Πληροφορικής και Επικοινωνιών. Τμήμα Ψηφιακών ΣυστημάτωνNumber of pages
92Language
EnglishCollections
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