The Port of Rotterdam appoints a Port Cyber Resilience Officer

The Port of Rotterdam announced today the appointment of its Port Cyber Resilience Officer.

René de Vries, shown below, now holds the position of Port Cyber Resilience Officer (Port CRO). He operates under a joint mandate from the police, the municipality, and the Port of Rotterdam Authority.

Among his responsibilities are improving the cyber resilience of the port (it is worth recalling that the port was affected by the NotPetya attack), raising awareness of cybersecurity issues among stakeholders, strengthening organizational training and preparedness, and improving overall risk management.

More information is available in the port’s cybersecurity development program.

You can learn more about his role below (and see a bit of port maritime information systems in action). In Dutch.