Cyber threats Hierarchy in offshore Maritime industry via AHP technique

Because the issue of cyber attacks has not yet been taken seriously by offshore organizations and companies, and in light of the threats that cyber attacks may pose to the offshore industry, the present study will identify and manage these risks. Cyber security deals in this area. This research is a descriptive survey and it is an applied research in terms of purpose. 64 staff of ports, offshore companies, maritime organizations and classification society responded to the survey questionnaire. The analysis of questions was done at the identification stage using T-test and prioritizing the factors using hierarchical techniques. The result of hierarchical technique shows that there is a possibility of a cyber attack in 12 cases the company authorization to the ship captain; the inspection of the classification society; the information recorded in the shipping company; the financial transactions of the shipping company; the access to the company and port security cameras; the information and records of the ship's crew; cargo tracking; cargo Discharge and Loading Equipment; Port Communication Systems, Communication and Ship Navigation Systems. Risk of cyber attack on the ship's navigation system with a weight of 0.23 was the most important and Risk of cyber attack on the website of classification society with a weight of 0.137 was the least important.