May 5, 2025 4:41:01 PM2 min read

How Omny Helped Centralize Vulnerability Management Across a Global Fleet

The Situation

Rising Risk in a Digitized Fleet Environment

Oil and gas shipping is the backbone of global energy logistics. Every day, thousands of vessels move crude oil, LNG, and refined products through the world's maritime corridors. But as the sector modernizes, adopting more connected systems, digital tools, and third-party services, the attack surface expands. Cybersecurity risk no longer ends at the port. For shipping operators, vulnerability management is now a strategic priority. It is essential to protecting vessel integrity and ensuring the uninterrupted energy flow.

*Note: Velkan Shipping is a fictional company created to illustrate real-world challenges and outcomes commonly seen in the oil and gas shipping industry. This use case is based on aggregated insights from Omny's work with industrial clients.

The Challenge

Fragmented Oversight, Delayed Response

Velkan Shipping faced challenges that are widespread across the industry:

Infrequent, manual reporting
Vulnerability assessments across dozens of vessels were infrequent and slow. Teams relied on static reports, which delayed action and left the fleet exposed to fast-moving threats.
Siloed security practices
With a mix of onboard teams and third-party vendors, each vessel followed its own approach. This inconsistency made it nearly impossible to enforce unified security policies or identify systemic gaps.
Limited network visibility
Without specialized security expertise or real-time data, vulnerabilities often went unseen or unaddressed. Critical insights were buried in reports that never reached the right decision-makers.

The Solution

Unified, Real-Time Vulnerability Management

Velkan partnered with Omny to transition from reactive security workflows to a continuous, standardized vulnerability management program.

Fleet-wide visibility with Omny Aware

The Omny Platform delivered a dynamic overview of assets, systems, and vulnerabilities across all vessels. Operators could now detect, prioritize, and respond to risks as they emerged. This replaced static snapshots with real-time, actionable insights.

Standardized processes with Omny Advisory Services

Omny’s advisors helped Velkan define a fleet-wide vulnerability management strategy. This included aligning security teams, operations managers, and vendors around shared processes and clear escalation paths. Every vessel now followed the same high standard of protection.

Cross-vessel coordination and decision support

With a unified view and structured workflows in place, Velkan’s security team could coordinate responses across the fleet. Actionable data reached decision-makers faster, and site-level teams were empowered to resolve issues before they escalated.

What Changed?

By adopting Omny’s integrated platform and services, Velkan Shipping achieved:

Real-time visibility across all vessels, enabling faster risk detection and prioritization

Fleet-wide coordination of security operations, replacing siloed practices with unified workflows

Streamlined reporting, improving regulatory compliance and stakeholder transparency

Faster decision-making, with critical insights reaching the right teams without delay

Integrated cybersecurity practices embedded into daily fleet operations, not just periodic reviews

Why It Works

In a sector where downtime is costly and disruption can ripple across supply chains, real-time vulnerability management is essential. Omny empowers shipping operators to replace fragmented reporting with continuous visibility, align stakeholders across the fleet, and respond to threats before they impact operations. That is how we help protect the future of energy logistics, vessel by vessel.