Our Services
vCISO (Virtual Chief Information Security Officer)
Senior security leadership without a full-time hire, for businesses and superyachts alike. You get a 12-month security roadmap tied to your goals and budget, one accountable lead with a live risk register, plain-English quarterly board reports, and audit-ready evidence for customer questionnaires, insurers and due diligence.
Risk Assessment
Find and fix your biggest risks first. We map the systems, data and suppliers your business or vessel depends on; scan for vulnerabilities and check your controls; rate each risk by likelihood and business impact on a clear heat map; and hand you a ranked fix list with owners and timescales for every action.
Yacht & Maritime
Protecting superyachts: past, present and future
Past
Sea Threats
Historically, maritime risks included storms, fire, and navigation errors. Today, we face new challenges that require robust cyber defenses to protect our vessels.
Present
Regulatory Compliance Focus
Since 2021, the IMO mandates cyber risk assessments in Safety Management Systems. New regulations will impact ship designs starting July 2024.
Future
Resilience Planning
The future demands cyber resilience from shipyards. Insurers will require proof of security measures, and crew drills will integrate cyber readiness into safety protocols.
Consulting
Expert Guidance
Anchor CyberSec offers tailored consulting services to enhance your maritime cyber security posture, ensuring compliance and resilience against evolving threats.
Governance Review
Find compliance gaps before auditors do. We check that your security policies are current, complete and followed in practice; map your controls against ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials or NIST CSF 2.0 (and IMO MSC.428(98) for vessels); confirm who owns each security process; and give you a step-by-step plan to reach certification and keep it.
Awareness Training
Most breaches start with a person, not a machine. Our practical sessions for office staff and yacht crew cover spotting phishing emails, links and calls before anyone clicks; strong passwords, multi-factor sign-in and no shared accounts; storing, sharing and disposing of sensitive data the right way; and knowing what to report, who to tell and why speed matters. Includes phishing simulations and completion tracking.
Incident Response
Rapid support to identify, contain, investigate and recover from breaches, ransomware and other attacks. Our five-step plan: 1. Preparation: policies, staff training, tools and tabletop exercises. 2. Detection and analysis: confirm whether an alert is a real breach. 3. Containment: isolate affected systems so the threat cannot spread. 4. Eradication and recovery: remove the attacker, patch and restore from clean backups. 5. Lessons learned: review and update your playbook. We don't just help you build a plan, we help you test it.
