Shipping may have to raise its game if it is not to become an easy target for terrorists groups such as ISIS, a top security expert has warned.

In a recent blog Gerry Northwood, chief operating officer of UK maritime security company MAST, raised the question: Is the Maritime community at risk?

“In light of the Paris terrorist atrocities and the unfolding situation in Mali, it can be argued that there is no room for complacency in any sector of society, or business,” Northwood says.

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