Whether you are considering general onboard cybersecurity or need to comply with regulations such as GDPR or Cyber Risk Management as part of the ISM code, a cyber risk assessment is the vital first step in identifying your current cyber risk. Following industry best practice including the IMO directive and guidelines, we have developed a cyber risk assessment framework specific to the maritime sector. Our approach is scalable and flexible and can be tailored to meet the unique needs of an individual vessel through to the cyber challenges surrounding shoreside support and management services.

Many cyber-attacks are not that sophisticated and could be avoided by improving staff understanding. Cyber risk awareness is a key feature of cybersecurity and a best practice approach of cyber risk management when complying with regulations such as the ISM code and data security under GDPR. MCS is one of the first specialist maritime cybersecurity providers to offer NCSC accredited Maritime Cyber Risk Awareness training courses.

Introducing cybersecurity by design at the point of a vessel new build, refit or more challengingly reverse-engineered later in a live environment, provides owners and management teams with the greatest opportunity to maximise cybersecurity and reduce cyber risk. MCS offers hands-on technical project consultancy for both new builds and refits to ensure both the physical implementation of technology is robust and in turn configured in the most secure way possible while retaining the right level of usability.

Critical to minimising the risk of any further attacks is the need to identify the likely target of an attack, attempt to recover lost assets and identify potential offenders (external or onboard); we provide specialist cyber investigation and digital forensic services to identify the individuals or assets compromised or involved, the technical processes exploited, through to the recovery of often concealed complex technical evidence.