Cyber Security Awareness for (Superyacht) Crew & Staff - Fully Online

£45 GBP

Course Type:

STCW ➜ Cyber Security

Training School:

VIRSEC Ltd

Location:

online course

Duration:

half-day

Language:

English

Fully Online (10% Discount Use STCW10 at checkout)

Cyber Security Awareness for ((Superyacht)) Crew & Staff 

Designed specifically for superyachts by industry subject matter experts. 

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.

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

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.

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.

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