L to R: Sharat Valluri, ABS director of expertise and Vivek Barve, Kongsberg Digital Inc. space director – Vessel Insight, Americas
Kongsberg Digital’s vessel-to-cloud knowledge infrastructure platform, Vessel Insight, has been awarded an ABS product design evaluation (PDA) for SMART(INF) (infrastructure) in accordance with the ABS Smart Functions Guide, along with an ABS CyberSecurity PDA. It is the primary time this mixture of endorsements has been awarded by ABS to a single product.
Smart capabilities, together with structural and equipment well being monitoring, are more and more extra frequent on offshore models and marine vessels. The Kongsberg product is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) answer that gives vessel-to-cloud knowledge infrastructure, capturing and aggregating high quality knowledge in an economical and safe method.
The platform supplies instantaneous and easy accessibility to overview knowledge, offshore-unit-specific dashboards and knowledge evaluation instruments to drive sustainability within the offshore and maritime industries by offering actionable insights from evaluation of operational vessel knowledge.
The sensible infrastructure endorsement from ABS confirms knowledge dealing with capabilities with pre-installed {hardware} and software program and expandable sensor interfaces that help the present and future Smart Function implementations.
CYBER RESILIENCE
The Kongsberg Vessel Insight platform is the primary to finish a PDA that features a assessment by ABS for compliance with the newly launched International Association of Classification Societies Unified Requirement E27, which addresses the cyber resilience of ships. This endorsement ensures that the Vessel Insight platform can gather vital knowledge whereas offering a powerful program for cyber resilience to guard the info. The mixed Smart and Cyber approval will assist construct belief amongst operators and ship homeowners that the info collected is correct and that the system supplies a strong framework to establish, shield, detect, reply and get better from cyber assaults.
“In offshore and marine operations today, more and more components are connected and reliant on digitally enabled systems that introduce new risks and vulnerabilities into the supply chain,” mentioned Patrick Ryan, ABS senior vice chairman and chief expertise officer. “By addressing the risks early at the individual component and equipment levels, manufacturers can help mitigate potential negative impacts. Our PDAs for Kongsberg Digital provide a comprehensive certification solution that demonstrates their commitment to quality data services, enhanced health and condition monitoring and cybersecurity.”
“It is a great honor to receive these certificates from ABS. This is a validation and great acknowledgement of all the hard work put in by our product team, building a world-class cloud infrastructure that is reliable and secure,” mentioned Sondre Mortensvik, vice chairman at Kongsberg Digital. “Vessel Insight ensures a constant and standardized method of gathering knowledge whereas assembly the best trade requirements for security and cybersecurity. The security and integrity of our clients’ vessels are of utmost significance to us, and we make investments closely in cybersecurity and certifications to make sure the best high quality and reliability in our merchandise
- Learn extra about ABS’ help of marine and offshore functions of sensible expertise companies HERE
