By Splash
Publication Date: 2026-03-24 21:03:00
When asked, artificial intelligence defines itself as the capability of machines or software to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, adding that it is designed to process data, identify patterns, and act on them—often improving over time without being explicitly reprogrammed. However, in the massive industry that is shipping, where the margin for error is minimal, can it be trusted?
In the recently published Maritime Cyber Trends Report 2026 from Cydome, Katerina Raptaki of Navios stated that shipping companies are deploying AI faster than they are defining cyber accountability and that, in 2026, the question after an incident won’t be ‘was the AI wrong?’ but ‘why was it trusted?’
So, if we want to look at this from an analytical standpoint, we need numbers. And they show that the maritime industry’s accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence is sharply compressing the cybersecurity response window, with new data showing that up to 60% of newly disclosed software vulnerabilities are weaponised within 48 hours.
The real opportunity is to rethink and simplify the underlying processes first and then apply AI
That same Cydome report also found that the average time from vulnerability disclosure to active exploitation has fallen from 63 days in 2018 to five days in 2024. Today, AI-driven tools are targeting some systems within 15 minutes of a flaw being detected. The report also notes a 1,600% surge in voice…
