INDUSTRIES/MARINE

Authority across every vessel, in every ocean.

Crews rotate, charters change, vessels cross jurisdictions offline for weeks. IrisKey keeps bridge, engine and cargo systems continuously authorised — wherever the ship is, whoever is aboard.

Marine scene with integrated iris and trust fabric
THE CHALLENGE

A vessel is a moving network with a changing crew.

01
Crews change constantly

Rotations, pilots, charter guests and contractors come aboard weekly. Each arrival inherits access someone must remember to remove.

02
Systems went digital

Navigation, propulsion and cargo handling are software. A command to the bridge is a command to the ship.

03
Offline is normal

Mid-ocean, there is no cloud to ask. Authority must live aboard — and reconcile when connectivity returns.

WHY EXISTING SOLUTIONS FAIL

Shared bridge logins govern systems that steer ships.

Maritime operations still run on passwords taped to consoles and permissions managed by email to the fleet office.

Shared credentials
One bridge login for every watchkeeper. Nobody can say who commanded what — or whether they should have.
Manual permissioning
Crew changes processed by shore staff days later. The gap between arrival and authority is pure risk.
Port-based security
Verification happens at the gangway. Once aboard, the whole vessel is implicitly trusted.
CONTINUOUS AUTHORISATION SIMULATOR

Watch a crew change reassign authority in seconds.

No passwords. No emails to the fleet office. Authority follows the crew list — continuously.

Crew Member Boards A new chief officer joins at port. The crew manifest updates.
Identity The officer is recognised aboard. Recognition alone commands nothing.
Continuous Authorisation The Five Gates evaluate: rank, assignment, watch schedule, vessel state — for each system touched.
Operational Authority Bridge and engine systems respond to the new officer — within their mandate, and only that.
GATE STATUS
Identity Awaiting request
Authority Awaiting request
Context Awaiting request
Verification Awaiting request
Decision Awaiting request
Five gates, evaluated for every action — not once at sign-in.
Press the button to follow a crew change through the trust layer.
LICENSED INTO YOUR FLEET

IrisKey does not run your vessels. It authorises them.

Licensed, not operated — the engine is licensed into bridge, automation and fleet-management platforms — from the yard or by refit.
Offline by design — authority is evaluated aboard, within the vessel’s own systems, with or without connectivity.
Fleet-wide evidence — owners, insurers and flag states see a continuous record of who held authority, where, and when.

IrisKey integrates into existing platforms through technology licensing. We enable manufacturers, governments and software providers to embed Continuous Authorisation into their own systems.

CUSTOMER PLATFORM
EMBEDDED IRISKEY TECHNOLOGY
Licensed Continuous Authorisation engine
Protected intelligent system — built and operated by our partner, not by IrisKey.
THE NEXT DECADE AT SEA

The last decade made vessels connected.
The next must make them continuously authorised.

IrisKey licenses its Continuous Authorisation technology to organisations developing intelligent systems. Whether embedded into connected vehicles, national infrastructure, enterprise platforms or autonomous machines, the underlying technology remains the same. We provide the trust layer. Our partners build the solutions.

Licensed to marine platform and fleet system providers
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