Cyber Security Awareness for Superyacht Crew & Staff Online Course

Course Introduction

An awareness of cyber security-related threats amongst the crew and staff of Superyachts is generally quite poor. This can lead to breaches of security, and open the yacht, personnel, guests and owners to potential cyber security attacks, as well as stealing and misuse of personal data. By providing the crew and staff with an awareness of these threats, especially those connected with social media hacking and ID theft, this will lead to increased security for the company, yacht and personnel involved

Course Features

✅ The course is relevant to the crew and staff who work on yachts

✅ The course follows advice provided in MSC.428(98) and IMO 2021

✅ Subjects covered encourage crew and staff to consider the threats associated with personal social media accounts, ID theft, misuse of data, etc.

✅ Decrease the vulnerability of the Yacht to acts of Cyber-related security issues for crew, staff, owners and guests

✅ The course is fully online, accessible via a reliable internet connection, or available as an offline course via a downloadable App

Full set of course notes available as a secure PDF download for use as revision material

About the Course

The ‘Cyber Security Awareness for Superyacht Crew & Staff’ course provides an overview of the cyber threats that exist, risk management, and cyber security compliance for Superyachts. The course also looks at issues for crew & staff with social media, then examines the measures that can be taken to mitigate and defend against these types of threats. This course is designed to provide the user an awareness of Maritime Cyber Security issues because ‘cyber security is everyone’s responsibility

Aim of the Course

This course is designed to provide the crew and staff of a Superyacht with the basic knowledge enabling them to secure their personal devices, safeguard personal data, as well as considering on board equipment that may be vulnerable to cyber security threats. The course also introduces measures within the shipboard Safety Management System (SMS) to ensure that the yacht is resilient to cyber risks.

Target Audience

This course is aimed at all crew and staff personnel of Superyachts, Motor Yachts & Mega Yachts who access personal social media, websites, and other vulnerable applications through shipboard and personal devices such as smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktops. The course is also ideal for guests and owners to appreciate the risks involved, and how to assist in the mitigation of those risks through personal cyber security measures whilst on board the yacht.

Course Pre-Requisites

There are no prerequisites are required for crew or staff to get entry on to this course, which can be delivered on board ship or ashore.

Average Course Duration

The course lasts for approximately 1.5 hours depending on the learner’s abilities and reading speed. However, you can enter and exit this course as often as you require but you must complete each assessment in one sitting as they will reset if you exit during an assessment phase.

SUBJECTS

Course Introduction Area
Cyber Risk Management
The Foundation for IMO 2021
MSC.428(98) Cyber Security Compliance for Superyachts
Compliance Requirements for IMO 2021
Crew Training & Awareness Requirements
Maintaining a Safe & Secure Social Media Environment
Geographical Security for High-Value Assets with a Focus on Cyber Security

VIRSEC Certificate of Course Completion

Upon fully completing this online Cyber Security Awareness for Superyacht Crew & Staff Course, learners will be able to access their Certificate of Completion by VIRSEC Ltd in their Learners Portal.

Cyber Security Awareness for Superyacht Crew & Staff – Online Course

COST

AUD $87 ( AUD ) or £45 ( POUND )