Emergency Contact The Shipowners' P&I Club hosts maritime security webinar - recording available Home Latest updates News The Shipowners' P&I Club hosts maritime security webinar - recording available 2 Aug 2017 Download Sign up for alerts The Shipowners’ Club, the leading mutual P&I insurer in the smaller and specialist vessel sector, has chaired its first-ever webinar, on the topic of Maritime Cyber Security. 02 August 2017 – The webinar, held in partnership with Ian Hirst of MAST Security and Steven Jones of Mc Watt and Jones, aimed to outline sources for potential cyber security vulnerabilities and provide guidance to mitigate against the risks. Louise Hall, Director of Loss Prevention at the Shipowners’ Club comments: “The true extent of shipping's cyber vulnerabilities remains uncertain and a ship owner's readiness for cyber threats is of huge importance to keeping ships safe, secure and operable.  It is with this in mind that the Club opted to host a webinar to assist Members in the mitigation of these risks.” A recording of this webinar is available upon request.  ENDS Notes for editors The Shipowners’ Club is a mutual marine liability insurer, providing Protection and Indemnity insurance for small and specialist vessels since 1855. The Club is a member of the International Group of P&I Clubs and works with more than 600 brokers globally to insure over 33,000 vessels across a range of operating sections and geographical areas. Transcript of Q&A Q. Do you think that the seaworthiness of a ship will soon be questioned if crew are not suitably trained in Cyber awareness? A.  MSC.428 (98) Maritime Cyber Risk Management in Safety Management Systems, affirms that an approved SMS should take into account cyber risk management in line with the objectives of the ISM Code. If a management system is in place all crew must be trained on and understand its content. This therefore would contribute to the overall seaworthiness of the vess