Cyber security approval first for Kongsberg

The company has also successfully completed the first renewal of the D-INF type approval for Vessel Insight, including Cybersecurity level SP1.

This achievement certifies Vessel Insight for installation on all main class and D-INF(G) vessels classed by DNV, ensuring compliance with DNV Cybersecurity Profile Level 1 (SP1) and IACS UR E27.

“IACS E27 represents a significant improvement in cybersecurity compared to previous regulations,” said Anders Bryhni, vice president of Maritime Products at Kongsberg Digital.

“Also, this is a class societies umbrella-wide requirement which means all needs to comply. Vessel Insight as an end-to-end solution is now assessed and approved for these rules, and individual vessels can be compliant with small audits from DNV.”

Kongsberg Digital’s Vessel Insight is the first data collection solution to achieve the approval for the upcoming mandatory IACS UR E27 ‘Cyber Resilience of On-Board Systems and Equipment’ requirements.

The IACS UR E27 will become mandatory for classed vessels contracted for construction on or after 1 July 2024.

Back in 2021, KDI started its DNV Data collection infrastructure (D-INF) certification efforts for its Vessel Insight solution and achieved the first-of-its-kind Type Approval certificate in 2022.

“Even then, two years before the mandatory requirements came into force, Kongsberg Digital covered the DNV Security profile level 1 (SP1) requirements as part of the certification of their solution,” said Qitao Gan, principal engineer of Digital Ship Systems at DNV Ship Class.

“The type approval eases the acceptance by vessel owners, builders, other end-to-end solution providers as well as third-party verifiers such as DNV.”