In part two of our Podcast special focusing on being seaworthy; we discuss once more with Henry Clack and Tom Walters of HFW, what the consequences might be if you aren't seaworthy. Tom Walters worked for a naval architecture practice on the South Coast of the UK for two years for a leading superyacht designer before retraining as a lawyer and joining HFW’s Shipping department in 2002 as part of the admiralty and crisis management team.  He has worked on a number of complex technical cases involving the salvage, towage and wreck removal of yachts, ferries and cruise ships.  He also deals with construction disputes, insurance and coverage claims and other related contractual disputes.Recently, Tom has become involved with the team at HFW advising on Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) in response to the increasing demand for Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASVs) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) being used in the marine sector.  He is also part of HFW’s Cyber Initiative advising on issues following the implementation of MSC428(98) by the IMO dealing with cyber security on board ships and yachts.Tom is a member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) and a member of the Society of Underwater Technology (SUT) participating in the Salvage & Emergency Subsea Response subcommittee.Henry Clack specialises in international commercial dispute resolution, with a particular focus on shipping issues. He has experience representing salvors, shipowners, P&I Clubs, commodity traders, brokers and logistics companies. He has worked on disputes arising from cyber fraud, collisions, groundings, cargo contamination, charter parties, bills of lading, pipeline and other offshore installations and commodity contracts.  Henry is a member of HFW's autonomous vessel group. He has contributed to leading textbooks on autonomous vessels, including chapters on "Autonomous shipping and maritime law" and "Cyber risks and the development of law".

In a special two part podcast focusing on Seaworthiness, Astaara's Rob Dorey and Phil Ponsford chat with Tom Walters and Henry Clack of Holman Fenwick Willan LLP, to find out what being seaworthy actually means and what the consequences are for not being so. Tom Walters worked for a naval architecture practice on the South Coast of the UK for two years for a leading superyacht designer before retraining as a lawyer and joining HFW’s Shipping department in 2002 as part of the admiralty and crisis management team.  He has worked on a number of complex technical cases involving the salvage, towage and wreck removal of yachts, ferries and cruise ships.  He also deals with construction disputes, insurance and coverage claims and other related contractual disputes. Recently, Tom has become involved with the team at HFW advising on Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) in response to the increasing demand for Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASVs) and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) being used in the marine sector.  He is also part of HFW’s Cyber Initiative advising on issues following the implementation of MSC428(98) by the IMO dealing with cyber security on board ships and yachts. Tom is a member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) and a member of the Society of Underwater Technology (SUT) participating in the Salvage & Emergency Subsea Response subcommittee.Henry Clack specialises in international commercial dispute resolution, with a particular focus on shipping issues. He has experience representing salvors, shipowners, P&I Clubs, commodity traders, brokers and logistics companies. He has worked on disputes arising from cyber fraud, collisions, groundings, cargo contamination, charter parties, bills of lading, pipeline and other offshore installations and commodity contracts.  Henry is a member of HFW's autonomous vessel group. He has contributed to leading textbooks on autonomous vessels, including chapters on "Autonomous shipping and maritime law" and "Cyber risks and the development of law".

In this episode, Phil Ponsford (Astaara's Deputy Chief Cyber Officer), discusses with Simon Hodgkinson (Global Head of Loss Prevention at West), a real life cyber incident that almost cost one company a lot of money. As always, if you would like to discuss anything Cyber related with Astaara, please do get in touch.www.astaaragroup.com

In this episode, I chat with Mike Robarts who is Executive of the UK Maritime Pilots Association. He tells us about his seafaring background and what threats and solutions there might be for cyber attacks in the maritime industry. Full news update on the next episode.As always, if you have any questions or wish to suggest a podcast episode or particular person you would like to hear from, do get in touch.enquiries@astaara.co.ukwww.astaara.co.uk

In this episode, Robert Dorey, our CEO, talks with our very special guest, Siobhan O'Brien of Guy Carpenter.Siobhan is the Head of Cyber Centre of Excellence for International and Global Specialties. Her role has seen her speak at many industry events and conferences and she is a published author in industry press on various cyber topics.Her current role requires her to anticipate trends in the Cyber(re)insurance market and drive the strategic direction of the firm to foster growth, whilst creating new Cyber products in conjunction with the broking and analytics departments. She was part of the team who created the first Cyber Parametric Trade in January 2020 and lead the Guy Carpenter project team responsible for the refresh of the Lloyd’s Cyber Disaster Scenarios.

In this episode, I am talking with Asti Rogers and Samira Hmam, Head of Operations and Senior Business Development director, respectively. A break from the norm, we are talking about our backgrounds and how we feel it has been for us, as women, in business; the challenges we have faced and our thoughts on what we might have done differently if given the chance to go back in time. The usual news round-up follows.

If you ever wondered what ransomware was all about and how we might navigate our way around it happening or potentially eliminate it altogether, listen to this episode. I am speaking with Bill Egerton, Chief Cyber Officer at Astaara.As ever, if you have any questions on this episode or wish to discuss further, our doors are always open. enquiries@astaara.co.uk

In this episode, Phil Ponsford (Astaara's Deputy Chief Cyber Officer) talks about his background in the Navy and how his skills and wealth of knowledge in the world of maritime cyber, have transferred seamlessly to Astaara. Our main topic of conversation is the IMO and its Cyber Regulations 2021 (https://imo-2021.com/imo2021).Information BIMCO guidelines can be found here: https://www.bimco.org/about-us-and-our-members/publications/the-guidelines-on-cyber-security-onboard-shipsView the USCG notice here: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/CG-5PC/CG-CVC/CVC_MMS/CVC-WI-027(series).pdfAs usual, there is also a brief round up of some cyber news stories from around the globe.

This week, I am chatting with Robert Dorey - Astaara's Chief Executive Officer, about all things cyber-safety, maritime regulations and what he believes to be the biggest challenge facing companies today. I will also be giving you a brief round up of some of the news stories out there this week. If you have any questions for Rob or any other member of the Astaara team, please do contact us via our website www.astaara.co.uk