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9th NMIOTC Cyber Security Conference in Maritime Domain

9th NMIOTC Cyber Security Conference in Maritime Domain

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On 25 September 2025, the 9th NMIOTC Conference on Cyber Security in the Maritime Domain successfully concluded after two days of high-level discussions at the Centre’s premises in Souda Bay, Greece.

The event gathered more than 130 participants from 30 nations, including representatives of national and international organizations, the academic community, and the maritime private sector and shipping industry.

NMIOTC Commandant welcomed all participants and highlighted the Center’s contributions to cybersecurity training, as well as its future plans to develop a Digital Transformation concept in support of Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO).

Opening remarks were delivered by Commodore Dimitrios Athanasiou GRC-N, from the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS). The Conference’s Keynote speakers were:

  • Mr Michail Bletsas, Governor of the Hellenic National Cybersecurity Authority (NCSA)
  • Mr. Marco Criscuolo, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary General / Director Strat. & Policy, Cyber & Digital Transformation at NATO HQ
  • Brigadier General Konstantinos Kokodroulis, ACOS J6 at NATO SHAPE
  • Mr. Santiago Encabo Head of Unit Safety and Security at the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
  • Dr. Evangelos Ouzounis, Head of Capacity Building at the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

The Conference panels included distinguished experts coming from HNDGS, NATO Allied Command Transformation, NCI Academy, NATO Maritime Command, NATO DEEP eAcademy, European Security & Defence College (ESDC), U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Polish Naval Academy, Belgian Cyber Command, Stellenbosch University, IMT Atlantique / French Navy Academy, University of Piraeus, University of the Aegean, Virginia Tech University, CompleteGRC, CYTUR Inc., CYGNUS, Geneva Center for Security Policy, INFODAS GmbH, E-phors/Fincantieri, Maritime Hacking Village, Naval Group, Leonardo, Nordic Maritime Cyber Resilience Centre, Peregrine Technical Solutions, LLC,  Thales and ThreatIntelEU.