CYBERSEA

CYBERSEA - Strengthening the cyber resilience of maritime organizations

Key Figures

Duration: 48 months
ANR Funding: €472,000
Areas: maritime cybersecurity, organizational resilience, human factors, maritime simulation
Experiments: maritime simulators, penetration testing, social engineering, serious games

The CYBERSEA project aims to develop new cyber risk management systems in the maritime sector to improve the resilience of ships and organizations against cyberattacks.

Against the backdrop of the growing digitalization of maritime transport, ships, ports, and operational centers are now highly interconnected and exposed to increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. Cyberattacks can now affect not only traditional IT systems but also a ship’s critical operational systems (navigation, propulsion, radar, AIS, engines, etc.).

CYBERSEA offers an innovative approach combining:

maritime cybersecurity,
management sciences,
human factors,
maritime law,
maritime engineering and simulation.

The project studies the interactions between crews, shore-based operators, and digital systems to better understand:

new vulnerabilities linked to the digital transformation of ships,
decision-making mechanisms in cyber crisis situations,
the organizational capabilities needed to strengthen maritime security.

Project Objectives

CYBERSEA aims, in particular, to:

analyze the impacts of digitalization on maritime professional practices;
identify emerging cyber risks in connected maritime environments;
develop realistic scenarios for maritime cyberattacks;
test crisis situations using maritime simulators;
improve coordination capabilities between ships and shore-based operators;
enhance crew preparedness for cyber incidents;
develop innovative educational tools (serious games, immersive scenarios, training programs).

The work draws in particular on the ENSM’s STCW simulators and the expertise of its faculty members in maritime cybersecurity, human factors, and crisis management.

Experimentation and Educational Innovation

The project involves the implementation of:

tests on maritime simulators that replicate realistic cyberattacks;
crisis management exercises involving experienced officers and cadets;
scenarios involving the gradual degradation of navigation systems;
serious games focused on cyber risk management.

These tools will help improve BRM/ERM training and develop new teaching practices in maritime cybersecurity.

Consortium

The CYBERSEA consortium brings together:

the University of Grenoble Alpes (CERAG),
Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University (MAGELLAN),
The French Maritime Academy
and several institutional and industrial partners from the maritime and cybersecurity sectors.