Cybersecurity solutions for naval forces

Nowadays, success in naval operations relies on the availability and integrity of multiple interconnected systems (location tracking, cartography, telecommunication, information & combat systems, automates, command and decision support). Beyond ships and crews, it is the entire naval ecosystem including the supply chain that exposed to cyber-threats. 

In addition, the military  IT (information Technology) and OT (Operational Technology) systems used during naval operations are subject to specific constraints: reduced bandwidth and speeds, asymmetric linkages, isolation, limited on-board expertise, variety and age of naval platforms and technologies. Moreover, an cyber attack or cybersecurity incident can occur at different levels, at sub system level, system level, and ship level or/and collaborative level.

Capitalizing on its strong knowledge in the naval domain requirements as well as its strong cybersecurity expertise, Thales has developed protection solutions as well as an end-to-end cyber detection and processing chain to enhance cyber resilience during navy operations. 

Today, not only it is for operational reasons, but also of vital importance, that cyber threats have to be timely detected, logged and reacted to in order to ensure resilience at sea. This innovative deployment model has already been tested and approved through Marine entities Worldwide
 

• Guarantee the highest level of operational effectiveness possible to the naval platform 
• Protect confidential data in a constraint environment 
• Take the right mission decisions thanks to reliable cyber situational awareness
• Ensure integrity & availability of mission systems

Risks & Threat evaluation of risks specifically to your naval assets 

Conduct a strong cyber system engineering in order to define the appropriate secured architecture regarding constraints (mission and operational levels).

• Naval Threat Assessment: A combined model covering sub system level, system level, and ship level or/and collaborative level.
• Cyber by Design: taking into account the domain, the doctrines, the CONOPS and the systems, and the situation on board.

Detection & response from the vessel at sea to the naval base

• Know the threat and the naval environment in order to effectively feed defensive layer (detection, supervision, reaction).
• Cyber Threat Intelligence and Vulnerability Management: for contextualised analysis of vulnerability and assessment of naval specific threats.
• Have advanced detection, analysis and in-depth research tools able to identify weak signals.
• Cyber Detection and Response chain: Cybels sensor decoding specific naval protocols, Cyber Data Analytics to improve advanced detection and reaction to cyber-attacks.
• Decentralize the Security Operation Centre by proposing a first level analysis on board, powered by an operational view, to accelerate the reaction and response of the teams on board.
• Limit cyber-attacks, guarantee the confidentiality, integrity and availability of numerous and interconnected systems, which requires an adaptative and continuous process of vulnerability management.
• Offer to the crew a comprehensible view (non-cyber expert) on operational risks.
   

Ensure protection of your assets from the ground to the sea

• Adapt cyber solutions that gather countries sovereignty requirements. 

• Protect sensitive data, architecture and communications with the use of certified equipment adapted to the context, the security needs and country’s regulations.

• Have staff experienced and trained at the right level to deal with and remedy cyber events.

•  Secure the implementation and deployment by testing and simulating on digital twin (hybrid mode - realistic and simulated environment).

• Modernise your platforms by harnessing the latest in digital technology 
• Shape the security from the design phase with the Zero Trust approach and forces risk’s appetite
• Integrate security elements at the heart of the solution that takes into account multiple levels of classification and need-to-know
• Ensure initial homologation and continuously over time: ensure that the system in operation is consistently fully compliant and instantiated according to security policies
• New Intelligence capabilities to boost naval operations
• Expertise in the deployment of threats detection solutions on board as well as in the deployment of the response process.
• End–to-end naval services

Supporting Navies in preserving mission continuity as well as confidentiality and resilience of their critical mission systems against cyber threats.

We help you modernise your platforms by harnessing the latest in digital technology, we leverage your legacy architectures, provide protection means that will add value to your data and optimize processing to improve availability. 

Resilience is key for your operational effectiveness and the success of your missions. We implement cyber protection and cyber defence measures to enable you to anticipate and fight against cyber-attacks.