Security of Data and Information in Vessel Traffic Management Information Systems

Modern control and management of maritime transport requires the implementation of increasingly complex marine processes supported by different applications, often with the interaction with the outside world. Information support for the control and management of maritime traffic (VTS service) is provided by a VTMIS system for control and management of maritime transport on Croatian coast. In order to improve safety, efficiency and availability of components of systems for control and management of maritime traffic it is necessary to ensure the mechanisms of control and management of the system as a whole. Such mechanisms monitor the correct operation of software, hardware modules and the proper operation of the operator, and they are able to undertake the pre-defined corrective actions. Establishment of a system for information security management can be crucial in order to achieve and maintain availability of services provided by the system for control and management of maritime transport. In other words, it is necessary to introduce the system for information security management of information resources in accordance with the defined standards.