Sectoral Cybersecurity Skills Gap: The Case of Maritime Cybersecurity Certification Training

Cybersecurity is crucial for businesses as they face a shortage of specialists globally. This paper explores the growing concern of the skills gap in both the private and public sectors, leading to initiatives by the EU, national governments, academia, and industry to address the European skills shortage. This work identifies skill gaps in knowledge areas for the critical sectors including a maritime sector with a particular emphasis on certifications. The focus on certifications stems from the maritime industry's reliance on non-EU certification providers. This paper focuses on providing solutions by bridging the gap in Maritime Cybersecurity, proposing a syllabus of a cybersecurity certification practical training that may serve as a module curricula in a professional training programme.