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Positioning a cybersecurity solution for Oil & Gas shipping

Business Case

Positioning a cybersecurity solution for Oil & Gas shipping

SURFEO assessed the Oil & Gas maritime cybersecurity market to qualify the fleet, the players’ maturity, market accessibility and the positioning of an innovative solution.

Energy & TransitionInnovation & TechnologyMarket IntelligenceMarineOil & Gas transportIT/OT cybersecurityMarket studyFleet & segmentationEurope
Context & challenges

Securing increasingly connected ships

The International Maritime Organization defines maritime cyber risk as the threat to digital systems that could lead to operational, safety or security failures [2].

A major French prime contractor wanted to qualify the civil potential of a cyber event monitoring and detection solution that can interface with a ship’s digital equipment.

SURFEO was commissioned to measure the fleet and its maturity, and to analyse the ecosystem, IT/OT spending, competition and the accessibility of the Oil & Gas market.

Our intervention

From fleet volumes to offer positioning

01Quantify and segment Oil & Gas shipping fleets.
02Map end users, integrators and decision-making channels.
03Analyse IT/OT spending, cyber maturity and competing offers.
04Assess market accessibility and structure a tailored offer.
Key figures
13interviews conducted with European experts
5fleet segments analysed
6major conclusions drawn
7development recommendations proposed
Market

The Oil & Gas fleet combines volume, diversity and growing cyber requirements

The study identified 10,621 vessels across five Oil & Gas shipping segments [1]. The IACS UR E26 and UR E27 requirements shape the cyber resilience of the ship and its on-board systems [3].

Breakdown of the Oil & Gas fleet analysed (vessels)
2 378
Crude
4 155
Products
2 013
Chemicals
1 327
LPG
748
LNG
Source: anonymised SURFEO study [1]. Total analysed: 10,621 vessels.
IT/OT architecture.
The solution must integrate with the ship’s equipment and support the identification of relevant cyber events.
Market access.
Operators, integrators, shipyards and classification societies shape specification and integration.
Resilience framework.
UR E26 covers the ship; UR E27 targets computer-based systems and equipment on board [3].
Outcomes

A decision-making basis for adapting the offer to the civil market

01Fleet volumes structured by transport segment.
02A map of end users, integrators and competitors.
03An assessment of cyber maturity and IT/OT spending.
04Recommendations for structuring an offer tailored to the market.
Positioning matrix

Opportunity qualification criteria

Market
Technology
Access
Fleet
Volumes & segments
Ship compatibility
Priority targets
Maturity
Cyber spending
IT / OT
Barriers to adoption
Ecosystem
End users
Competition
Integrators

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Sources
  1. Anonymised SURFEO study, “Cybersecurity in Oil & Gas shipping”: assignment data, fleet, interviews and deliverables.
  2. International Maritime Organization, “Maritime cyber risk”. https://www.imo.org/en/ourwork/security/pages/cyber-security.aspx
  3. International Association of Classification Societies, “Addressing cyber resilience of ships”. https://iacs.org.uk/news/iacs-ur-e26-and-e27-press-release
  4. International Maritime Organization, “Guidelines on maritime cyber risk management”. https://wwwcdn.imo.org/localresources/en/OurWork/Security/Documents/MSC-FAL.1-Circ.3-Rev.3.pdf
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