Company Security Policy
Company Security (including Cyber security) Policy
The Company guarantees it's commitment on matters of security (including cyber security) and declares that all works conducted by its personnel, either ashore or onboard, will be effectively supervised in order to comply with the aims listed hereunder in order of priority.
It is the policy of the Company to provide a secure working environment by establishing and maintaining the required security measures to prevent unlawful acts (including cyber-attacks), which endanger the safety and security of persons as well as the property ashore and on board the ship and ensure the business continuity.
Company objectives are to:
- Provide security procedures and practices for ship operations to protect the security of ports and the wider community.
- Provide cyber security instructions and practices for the protection of shore and on board installations from attacks, damages or unauthorised access.
- Establish safeguards to reduce the risk to crew, supernumeraries/visitors and port personnel onboard.
- Improve the security (including cyber security) skills and awareness of company personnel ashore and onboard.
- Prepare contingency measures for emergencies relating to possible security incidents. In case there is a conflict between commercial interests and the aims of the Security Policy, the Master will give priority to the above mentioned objectives.
These objectives will be achieved by:
- Comprehensive training for company and ship personnel. The personnel undergo training both immediately upon hiring and continuously during their employment.
- Actively promoting security (including cyber security) awareness amongst company and ship personnel.
- Taking into account the decisions of the international shipping community.
- Regular documented reviews and internal audits of security (including cyber security) procedures and plans in order to allow for constant update and improvement to the plan.
- The voyage, the cargo handling and all ship’s operations are scheduled in advance, in order to foresee possible dangers and take the necessary precautions.
All employees and crewmembers are expected to comply with the required Security (including cyber security) procedures as described in the designated plans and manuals and should be familiar with the relevant security duties required of them and the measures required to protect the office and ship from any unlawful act.
The Company declares that
- the designated persons for the safeguarding the implementation of this policy [COMPANY SECURITY OFFICER (CSO) and the SHIP SECURITY OFFICER (SSO) for security, IT Administrator for cyber security] have adequate knowledge, and/or have received training, as required by the international regulations and guidelines,
- that shipboard personnel having specific security duties have sufficient knowledge and ability to perform their assigned duties and that all other shipboard personnel will have sufficient knowledge of, and are familiar with, relevant provisions of the SSP.
- that shore staff and seagoing personnel have sufficient knowledge and have received training on the provisions of cyber security policies
The Company ensures that the CSO, the Master and the SSO as well as the IT Administrator are given the necessary support to fulfil their duties and responsibilities in accordance with SOLAS, the ISPS code and the procedures and practices related to organisation’s information security.
Chief Executive Officer
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