Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd (K Line) has confirmed it has introduced a new AI-based cybersecurity platform for all ships managed by the company.
The leading Japanese container shipping line has installed Cybereason, a product provided by Cybereason Japan Corp. and the process includes the addition of its specialist monitoring and analysis, known as Cybereason MDR (Managed Detection & Response) to all ship-shore communication activities by vessels.
In an official statement, K Line explains that it has “become quite difficult to prevent highly sophisticated cyber-attacks by ships’ conventional security solutions such as anti-virus software and firewalls, which have been the main security measures for ships.
As part of the introduction of this new cybersecurity, K Line is adding a range of specific precautionary measures, including NGAV (Next Generation Anti-Virus), which can prevent all types of malware, and EDR (Endpoint Detection & Response), which detects and responds to any cyber threats which are not dealt with through existing, conventional security applications.
K Line adds that this anti-virus cybersecurity is “next generation” protection that detects and blocks all types of known and unknown malware and ransomware with dedicated layers of defence such as signature-based and machine learning. In addition, real-time 24x7 continuous monitoring and ongoing assessments of the behaviour of attacks are going to be in place.
