ICHCA will use its 65th anniversary conference in October to tackle risks to the cyber and physical security of the global cargo chain

Following the Petya attack in June, one of the biggest cyber-attacks ever experienced in global shipping which crippled A.P. Moller-Maersk's computer systems worldwide for 5 days, the need to protect against both cyber and physical threats to critical maritime infrastructures has been topmost on the minds of many in the cargo handling industry. Responding to this, ICHCA International, the voice of global cargo handling, has picked issues surrounding security as one of five key areas for focused discussions at its
65th anniversary event which takes place in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, 2-6 October 2017.


Part of ICHCA's #makeitsecure campaign, the Physical and Cyber Security session on Day 2 of the ICHCA Conference will feature a presentation from Rafael Company, R&D Project Manager, Valenciaport Foundation who will present the SAURON project (Scalable multidimensional situation awareness solution for protecting European ports) which aims to keep ports secure by taking a holistic view of critical infrastructures.