Maritime · Leadership
Every patch, product and plan, tested on a twin of the vessel before it goes aboard.
Autarchy’s Coldlight platform builds digital twins of vessels and their shore systems: working replicas of the networks and software that your operation depends on. Your teams patch, test, attack and recover the twin. The ship stays in service.
A modern vessel is a network. Navigation, propulsion control, power management, cargo and passenger systems connect to each other and to shore.
Changes do not stop. Security patches, vendor updates, new equipment and new connections to shore all reach a ship that must keep sailing.
You cannot test on a ship in service, and a small lab does not behave like a vessel.
A twin can also represent a vessel that is not built yet, so you can test a design before construction starts.
What your teams can do
- 01Test patches and vendor updates before they go aboard.
- 02Evaluate new equipment and software before you buy or install it.
- 03Rehearse incident response with crew, shore staff and vendors together.
- 04Practise recovery: isolate, restore and restart systems with no risk to a voyage.
- 05Train crews and staff on systems that behave like the real ones.
- 06Evaluate AI tools and agents before they get access to vessel systems.
Why now
1 July 2024
IACS unified requirements E26 and E27 start to apply. They cover new ships contracted for construction on or after this date.
18 October 2024
NIS2 required EU member states to apply its rules from this date. It covers sea and coastal water transport companies, and port managing bodies.
4 April 2025
The IMO issued revised guidelines on maritime cyber risk management.
June 2026
Bill C-8 received Royal Assent in Canada. Its Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act covers designated operators in transportation, and comes into force in phases.
Every environment
Contained by default
What runs inside an environment stays inside it unless you decide otherwise.
Rebuilt exactly
Environments are defined as code. Reset one, change one thing and run the test again.
A record of every run
Every run leaves a record you can review. Compare results across runs and configurations.
The fidelity each test needs
Use lightweight representations where they are enough, and real software and appliances where the test needs them.
Technology-neutral
Open-source, commercial, proprietary and customer-built technology can all be included.
Open formats
Environment definitions use an open, portable specification, so your work is not locked to us.
Where it runs
Hosted
Coldlight as a service. Hosted environments can run in Canada and other jurisdictions.
On-premises
Coldlight inside your own boundary, on infrastructure you control.
Air-gapped
Coldlight on networks with no outside connection.
We can also operate Coldlight for you, and help design environments, deliver exercises and support evaluations.
