This photo, provided by Samsung Heavy Industries Co. on Oct. 19, 2020, shows a person controlling the company’s remote autonomous ship in seas off Geoje Island via a remote control system at a research center in Daejeon, 250 kilometers away from the seas.
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Heavy Industries Co. announced that it has developed a blockchain-based cyber security solution to strengthen digital information security for autonomous ships for the first time in the shipbuilding industry.
This technology sends the data created by the shipbuilder’s remote autonomous navigation system known as Samsung Autonomous Ship, or SAS, and the electronic navigation log to external sources through the blockchain platform VechainThor.
When important digital information is exchanged between ships and land stations, this solution helps prevent such information from being manipulated by third parties.
After succeeding in verifying the technology, Samsung Heavy obtained a Statement of Fact from DNV GL, a Norwegian ship quality assurance company.
The shipyard has been striving to develop cyber security solutions for ship use, including the acquisition of the world’s first certification for smart ship cyber security technology in 2018.
“Cyber security is an essential technology for remote autonomous ships, for which a connection between the ship, land station and the system is inevitable,” said Kim Hyun-joe, Vice President of Samsung Heavy’s Ship and Offshore Performance Research Centre.
Kevin Lee (kevinlee@koreabizwire.com)
