The Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance has published Work Instruction CVC-WI-027, “Vessel Cyber Risk Management”.

This work instruction provides guidance to Coast Guard Marine Inspectors and Port State Control Officers for assessing cyber hygiene onboard applicable vessels, as well as compliance options if deficiencies are noted. CVC-WI-027, and other work instructions are available at the Coast Guard Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance (CG-CVC) Mission Management System (MMS) website.

Cyber risk management must be implemented into vessel safety management systems by the first International Safety Management (ISM) Document of Compliance verification after January 1, 2021.

Questions related to this work instruction should be directed to the Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance, Flag State Control Division (CG-CVC-4) at FlagStateControl@uscg.mil.

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