Miller Compton Maritime representing Dull in the maritime industry

Established in 2018, Dull focuses on providing smarter secure access to data sources, systems and devices across a wide range of industries, including Maritime.

Better security with smarter access

Dull is a secure, fast, simple, and flexible platform that allows for seamless, coordinated access to a vessels’ devices, systems, and data sources. Uniquely, Dull can be deployed not just within one organisation but across multiple vendors, contractors, and third parties with ease. Allowing for multiple organisations to collaborate efficiently together while maintaining granular control over their part of the network. Strengthening and standardising the vessel and vendors’ underlying security posture.

Software-defined & cloud deliver security

The Dull Platform is completely software-defined and cloud-delivered, and easily deployable without additional hardware, centralised gateways, or VPNs. Allowing organisations to deploy Dull with speed, without needing to replace existing legacy systems, hardware, or software, working along with the vessel and vendors’ existing infrastructure.

Zero-Trust Security Posture

Dull enables a Zero Trust security posture including least privileged access and where no connections are permitted before authenticating identity. Improving business security by gaining greater control of who is accessing what, and for what purpose, acting as a mitigating factor against cyber threats.

Standardised Security Policy

Dull provides the capability to deploy standardised security policies across one or more organisations. Strengthening and standardising policy along the maritime supply chain to overcome the maritime industry’s increasingly integrated and complex technical environments.

Coordinated Access for Vessels and Vendors

Dull enables the coordination of secure network access to devices, systems, and databases, within the vessel itself and between the vessel and other organisations. This unique capability allows multiple organisations to collaborate efficiently and securely, with each organisation being able to maintain granular control over their part of the network.

Key characteristics include:

• All parties have complete control and visibility of who is accessing what and when.
• Each party has visibility and control over connections within their part of the network.
• Session logging with historical access logs for easy auditing.

Controlled Access and Monitoring on Vessels

• Managed approvals over who is accessing a vessel’s devices, systems, and databases.
• Controlled network access and monitoring for approved crew members and vendors over what they can access, for what purpose and when.
• Session logging of all connections into the network to create complete transparency and auditability of access.