Offshore & Marine Energy Cybersecurity
A Complete Course and Operational Textbook
Dynamic positioning, subsea OT and offshore wind
Rahimeh Neamatian Monemi, Ph.D. · Shahin Gelareh, Ph.D.
Offshore & Marine Energy Cybersecurity is a complete course for the engineers and security teams who defend drilling rigs, production platforms, FPSOs and offshore wind installations, where a cyber incident can become a physical safety emergency.
Across 30 chapters in six parts, it covers dynamic positioning and marine operations, drilling, subsea and production automation, safety instrumented systems and emergency shutdown (IEC 61511), offshore wind and high-voltage infrastructure, and offshore communications, SOC operations and governance, with care over regulatory regimes that differ by jurisdiction.
Every chapter follows the same structure: learning objectives, key terminology, a documented incident or a clearly labelled illustrative scenario, a safety warning, a step-by-step technical runbook, a mapping to the relevant regulatory and industry frameworks, and a Platform Lab Session that readers can optionally run hands-on on the Maritime Cyber Range platform. The book is complete on its own; the platform is an optional companion, and worked lab solutions are supplied to adopting instructors.
Six parts, one platform lab per chapter
PART IFoundations of Offshore Energy CybersecurityCh. 1–5
- 1The Offshore Energy Ecosystem
- 2Offshore Threat Actors, Geopolitics & Energy Sabotage
- 3Offshore Regulations & Classification Standards
- 4Cyber-Physical Risk Assessment for Offshore Assets
- 5Offshore Network Architecture & Purdue Model Segmentation
PART IIDynamic Positioning (DP) & Marine OperationsCh. 6–10
- 6Dynamic Positioning (DP-2 / DP-3) Architecture
- 7Position Reference Sensors: DGPS, HiPAP, Fanbeam & CyScan
- 8DP Sensor Spoofing, NMEA Injection & Drive-Off
- 9Thruster Control PLCs & Power Management (PMS)
- 10Anchor Handling & Mooring Line Tensioning SCADA
PART IIIDrilling, Subsea & Production AutomationCh. 11–15
- 11Subsea Blowout Preventer (BOP) MUX & Acoustic Control
- 12Wellhead & Subsea Production Trees (XT) SCADA
- 13Distributed Control Systems (DCS) in Crude Separation
- 14Process Telemetry Injection Attacks on Separators
- 15Choke Manifolds, Multiphase Meters & Gas Lift
PART IVSafety Instrumented Systems (SIS) & Emergency ShutdownCh. 16–20
- 16Emergency Shutdown (ESD) Systems & IEC 61511
- 17Fire & Gas (F&G) Detection & Sensor Spoofing
- 18Logic Solver Integrity, Safety Fieldbuses & Bypasses
- 19Ballast Control & Hull Stability SCADA
- 20Flare Management, Vapor Recovery & Overpressure
PART VOffshore Wind Farms & High-Voltage InfrastructureCh. 21–24
- 21Offshore Wind Turbine (WTG) SCADA & Pitch Control
- 22Offshore Substations & HVDC Converter Stations
- 23Subsea Power Cables & Distributed Temperature Sensing
- 24Wind Farm Array Networks & Remote Operations Centers
PART VIOffshore Communications, SOC Operations & GovernanceCh. 25–30
- 25Offshore Comms: Private LTE, Microwave & Satcom DNS
- 26OT Jump Server Defense & Remote Access Governance
- 27Offshore Process Historians & Constrained Log Ingestion
- 28Offshore Incident Response, Isolation & Evacuation
- 29Safety Management Systems (SMS) & Offshore Drills
- 30Future of Unmanned Facilities & Subsea Robotics
BACK MATTERAppendices and references
- Offshore Cyber Safety Assessment Checklist
- Offshore Industrial Protocols Technical Reference
- Maritime Cyber Range Offshore Scenario Catalog
- MITRE ATT&CK for ICS: Offshore Energy Technique Mapping
- Proposed Offshore Cyber Competency Framework (Non-Normative Crosswalk)
- Glossary of Offshore Energy Cyber Terms
Everything to teach the course
The teaching materials follow the textbook chapter by chapter. They are supplied to instructors who adopt the book and are not distributed to students.
Lecture slides
One deck for the volume, organised as 90-minute sessions (one per chapter), with speaker notes and ready to adapt to your course.
Instructor guide and solutions manual
For every chapter: a session plan, key messages and common misconceptions, a slide map, model answers to every review question with marking points, and a walkthrough of the platform lab with debrief answers.
Practise every chapter on Predictim Maritime Cyber Range
Each of the 30 labs in this volume maps to a guided-simulation exercise on the platform, so readers move from the page to hands-on practice within the same framework.
- 01Every chapter ends with a guided Platform Lab Session, identified by its platform exercise ID.
- 02Readers request access, and we open the labs for the volume or volumes they use.
- 03On the platform, open the chapter under My Books and select Open Lab Terminal.
Platform access is governed by its own terms of service and may require separate registration or a subscription; buying the book does not guarantee access for any particular period.
Review copy or institutional licence
Instructors and reviewers can request a review copy. Academies, universities, and operators can license the books for their learners, together with access to the Maritime Cyber Range.
First Edition, 2026 — forthcoming in print and digital editions. Request a review copy or an institutional licence below.
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