The 4th International Scientific and Professional Conference “Maritime Security 2026” was held in Opatija on November 5–6, 2026. The event brought together around one hundred representatives of state administration bodies, port authorities, harbour master offices, shipowners, physical, technical, and cybersecurity experts, as well as members of the academic community. Through a dozen lectures and panel discussions, this year’s conference addressed the protection of ports as critical infrastructure facilities, focusing primarily on new types of threats such as hybrid threats and cyberattacks.
Colleague Vedran Mihaljević, Head of Safety Systems Engineering at Alarm Automatika, delivered a presentation titled “Safety Solutions for boats up to 300 GT“, presenting boats protection solutions based on equipment from Olympia Electronics, MSR, and Fonestar. Due to specific operating conditions such as moisture and salt, equipment used on ships must possess special certificates guaranteeing compliance with international maritime regulations and can only be installed by specially authorized companies.
The Maritime Security 2026 conference was organized by the Croatian Security Association (Hrvatski ceh zaštitara) under the auspices of the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Croatia. The co-organizers of the conference were the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and CoESS – Confederation of European Security Services.