Most shipping and offshore vessel companies are acting too tactically on cyber security when they should be thinking strategically, according to Lloyd’s Register.

This includes the best and brightest in the shipping industry. Even powerhouses such as AP Moller-Maersk have woken up to find their defences to be sorely lacking in the face of today’s global horde of hackers.

“At the moment, what I see in certain sectors, particularly in marine and offshore, is a needs-driven approach," said JP Cavanna, Lloyd's Register's new head of business development for cyber security.