The course provides an understanding of risk principles and details of process steps needed to affect comprehensive job safety analyses (JSA) and hazard identification (HAZID). The course gives the foundation necessary to perform most risk assessments on board as may be required by the company’s Safety Management System (SMS)

The course raises awareness about threats and countermeasures, addressing company's cyber security management system by encouraging the crew’s good cyber hygiene. The course explains in simple steps how and where cyber-attacks may target not only company's IT infrastructure, but also the embedded software in assorted operational technology systems on board.