ABSTRACT
Ships, ports, terminals and offshore facilities are increasingly becoming dependent on networked information and communication technology (ICT). Seafarers must be ready to cope with a growing number of cyber threats onboard ships with cybersecurity awareness playing an important role in emergency and crisis management. Unfortunately, current maritime education and training (MET) programmes do not provide enough information on cybersecurity to seafarers to be able to identify and mitigate the prevailing cyber threat landscape. This paper provides a structured survey of published maritime cybersecurity research and gives an overview of the role of the cybersecurity component in MET for seafarers. The results show that currently there are no requirements for MET institutions to include cybersecurity awareness or cyber hygiene practice in the curricula. Some areas for future research are also proposed.
