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On January 27, a panel of cybersecurity experts from the Cyber Readiness Institute and the U.S. Coast Guard shared insights into cybersecurity issues and fielded questions during AWO’s webinar, Cyber Risk Management: 2021 Outlook for the Towing Industry.

The panelists – who included Lessie Longstreet, Global Director of Outreach and Partner Engagement of the Cyber Readiness Institute; LCDR Kelley Edwards of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Branch of the Coast Guard’s Office of Port and Facility Compliance; and LT Nate Toll of the Coast Guard’s Cyber Protection Team – discussed the current cyber threat environment, cyber risk management best practices, and future cybersecurity focus areas tailored to the towing industry.

As the last event in the Virtual Summer of Safety initiative, AWO hosted the webinar “What Makes a Successful Falls Overboard Prevention Program?” with Eric Fetty of Marathon Petroleum Company on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. His presentation focused on Marathon’s falls overboard prevention program, which has helped drive down that company’s falls overboard to zero since its introduction in 2012. He discussed how other companies can develop company-specific prevention strategies, engage employees in hands-on training, identify human factors that play a role in falls overboard incidents, and mitigate the risks those factors create. Mr. Fetty also answered many audience-submitted questions.