Event Details

Abstract:

Maritime operations and transportation are fundamental components of oil and natural gas products lifecycles. Like everything else nowadays, maritime operations are increasingly digitally connected and automated. One component of this is the use of Automatic Identification System (AIS), which was created to aid in the safe navigation of vessels and to prevent accidents and collisions. Today many vessels have AIS data integrated into automated collision avoidance systems. In this session we will discuss the dangers and impact from an overreliance on AIS for collision avoidance from a cybersecurity perspective, especially when considering trends towards increasingly autonomous / semi-autonomous vessels.

Speaker: Tyler Jansen, Industrial Cybersecurity Engineer, 1898 & Co.

Speaker Bio:

Tyler Jansen is an Industrial Cybersecurity Engineer with 1898 & Co.’s Managed Security Services. Tyler started in cybersecurity as a Detection & Counter-Intrusion analyst on Navy Cyber Protection Teams (CPTs) geared towards protecting the Navy and DOD’s critical assets and infrastructure. Tyler served on operations to proactively monitor, hunt, and remediate Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) presence from critical systems controlling pipelines, fuel storage facilities, building automation controls, and shipboard engineering networks. Tyler also was a co-creator and instructor for the Navy’s Senior Hunt Analyst job qualification program. Since joining 1898 & Co. in 2022 Tyler has continued to help secure critical infrastructure in a variety of industry verticals such as power generation, water/wastewater processing, pipeline, and refinery operations.