Case Study: Castor Marine achieves secure, reliable global managed maritime connectivity with Fortinet Security Fabric

Leading Dutch Maritime Communications Provider Fortifies Managed Network Service Solutions with Cybersecurity Platform Approach

Castor Marine is a Dutch satellite service provider and teleport operator that delivers global connectivity and managed IT/SD‑WAN solutions to commercial fleets. Facing a growing digital attack surface, tighter industry regulations (including IMO cybersecurity requirements), limited physical access to ships, and the need to optimize low‑bandwidth satellite links, the company needed security integrated at the network level and centrally manageable from its operations center.

Castor Marine deployed Fortinet’s Security Fabric—including FortiGate NGFWs, FortiExtender, FortiSwitch, FortiAP, FortiClient, FortiAuthenticator/Token, FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer—to provide application‑aware SD‑WAN over satellite/4G, centralized policy and template‑based provisioning, strong endpoint authentication, and automated analytics. The platform improved bandwidth efficiency and traffic control, simplified remote provisioning and compliance reporting, and delivered increased reliability, centralized visibility and reduced corporate exposure to cyber risk.

Castor Marine

Mark Olthuis

Managing Director