HANSA 10-2017

Schifffahrt | Shipping
INMARSAT MARITIME
Managed service to power cyber resilience at sea
Mobile satellite communications provider
Inmarsat has showcased its new
Fleet Secure service at London International
Shipping Week. Fleet Secure
is the maritime industry’s first and only
fully-managed service to detect vulnerabilities,
respond to threats and protect
ships from widespread cyberattack.
Fleet Secure will be commercially
launched as a standard option on Inmarsat’s
Fleet Xpress service.
Fleet Secure is a Unified Threat Management
(UTM) and monitoring service
that will power cyber resilience at
sea, offering vessel owners and managers
continuous transparency on the
status of their digital security and a
24/7 response to cybercrime. It detects
external attacks via high-speed satellite
broadband connectivity, while also
protecting vessel networks from intrusion
via infected USB sticks and crew
devices connected to the onboard LAN.
According to Inmarsat Fleet Secure will
seamlessly integrate with Fleet Xpress
for no additional outlay on hardware
and no impact on the customer’s contracted
bandwidth.
The UTM is powered by Singtel subsidiary
Trustwave, a provider of information
security solutions, and is available in a
choice of three service levels. Service levels
include a fully-managed Gold standard,
with real-time threat monitoring
and analysis, including immediate notifications
to the customer with high severity
level security threats followed up by
telephone to escalate threat management.
Silver level includes daily review and
threat analysis, and Bronze level enables
users to self-check the vessel’s network
status via an online portal. The UTM
combats viruses and blocks access to unsafe
websites, isolating an infected area of
the network to prevent it from spreading
to other systems onboard.
Inmarsat has also singned an MoU
with Samsung Heavy Industries to leverage
the »smart ship« connectivity offered
by Fleet Xpress at the vessel construction
stage. The MoU envisages the South Korean
yard installing Inmarsat-approved terminal
hardware and offering applications
to cover remote machinery diagnostics
and CCTV services, to leverage the satellite
communications platform’s capabilities
from the moment the ship is delivered.
The new service, which has been christened
»Smart Ship« by SHI, will allow
owners to enhance effciency by harvesting
data from hull-monitors and equipment
sensors onboard in real-time, utilising
Inmarsat’s dedicated bandwidth for
Certified Application Providers (CAPs).
Subject to a definitive agreement, SHI
will retain remote connections to vessels,
while Inmarsat will support SHI’s
services through a dedicated Certified
Application Provider (CAP) subscription.
Through its CAP programme, Inmarsat
aims to support and enable products
that become part of an eco-system
of applications to broaden and enhance
services beyond connectivity and enable
»value-adds« for end-users. Applications
covering real-time analysis of
data for engine monitoring, weather information
and fuel consumption rates
can deliver real gains in operational efficiency,
safety and compliance, IT security
and crew welfare. The CAP programme
is part of Inmarsat’s strategy to
support the global adoption of the Internet
of Things (IoT) in the maritime
market, using the unique Fleet Xpress
service.
In mid-September, Inmarsat selected
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) as
the launch provider for the first satellite
in the Inmarsat-6 fleet (Inmarsat-6 F1).
The satellite, which is under construction
by Airbus Defence and Space, is
scheduled for launch in 2020 using
MHI’s H-IIA launch vehicle. Inmarsat’s
sixth-generation (I-6) fleet will be the
first to feature dual-payload satellites;
each supporting L-band and Ka-band
(Global Xpress) services. The I-6 satellites
represent a step change in the capacity
of Inmarsat’s L-band services and
will support a new generation of L-band
capabilities, from advanced global safety
services and very low cost mobile services,
to Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
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34 HANSA International Maritime Journal – 154. Jahrgang – 2017 – Nr. 10