Offshore cyber risk in the Marine Industry: limitations and challenges faced by the insurers and policyholders

As stated by Stephen Harris, a mere 30 years ago, the idea of commercial cyber-attack was rather a topic for the science fiction novelists than reality.'1 However, nowadays we witness a growing tendency of reoccurrence of this phenomenon across many sectors that rely on progressively advancing technology. Despite always being known as a conservative field, the maritime industry is no exception in terms of the exposure to risks that result from cyber-attacks.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Commercial Law

Year dc:date.issued

2025

Author dc:creator

• Seboko, Goitsemang

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Bradfield, Graham

• Offshore
• Cyber risk
• Insurers
• Policyholders

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42674

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/42674