Projekta realizācijas laiks:
In January 2026, the project "Enhancing Maritime Cybersecurity Resilience and Training" was completed. Researchers from the RTU Institute of Information and Technology, in collaboration with those from Vilnius University, developed a cyber resilience knowledge model to enhance human response in crisis situations. The initial research results of the project on the cybersecurity threat landscape were presented to the Latvian Ship Captains' Association.
During the project, a scientific article on current maritime cybersecurity understanding was submitted to a Q1 journal in the SCOPUS or Web of Science database. The information highlighted in the study on the cybersecurity capabilities development needs of for maritime workforce is summarized in a visualization that shows the cybersecurity threat, competency, and training course topic components. Four additional articles were submitted for conference proceedings, three of which (on cybersecurity frameworks and regulations in maritime, the maritime cybersecurity threat landscape, and a serious game for cybersecurity training in maritime) have already been presented at conferences. Data from two surveys of maritime stakeholders, revealing their level of cybersecurity awareness, was published in the Zenodo repository.
Several activities have been carried out within the project to promote cybersecurity awareness in the maritime sector. A MOOC course titled "Maritime Cybersecurity Management" has been developed, a cybersecurity escape room game "Maritime CyberEscape," was organized for pupils of the RTU Latvian Maritime Academy Maritime School, and an interactive online 2D game "Sea Safe" was developed to improve basic cybersecurity knowledge.
