Kuala Lampur, May 9 -- Malaysian maritime cybersecurity has experienced episodes of cyberattacks. Vulnerability in maritime cybersecurity affects the productivity of the nation's critical economic sector. Several issues have been discovered as key contributing factors to the instability in cybersecurity.

While having the advantage of strategic geographic positioning as a maritime hub in the region, the density of shipping traffic and critical shipping lanes expose the seaports, logistics networks, and shipping systems to cyberattacks. The aspiration for the integrated seaport ecosystems targeting key seaports in Malaysia to ensure smooth integrated operations as well as fluidity in customs procedures opens a room for a malfunction of the...