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Founding Membership: What Every Member Port Gets Each Year

Port Cyber Alliance Editorial Team

Published on November 10, 2026

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Every port and terminal asks the same question before joining anything: what do we actually get? This article answers it with what the founding membership contains, nothing more. We do not publish a return-on-investment percentage: every site is different, and a figure we cannot source would not help you decide.

The founding membership is our launch offer, opened with the official launch of Port Cyber Alliance on 10 November 2026.

What every member gets, each year

Our philosophy is simple: harmonise the logistics chain. A port is only as safe as the weakest link between the ship, the terminal, the gate and the truck, so we help every link reach the same level.

10 video calls of one hour

Ten hours of engineering advice a year on your own systems: what to fix first, what can wait, how to brief your management.

2 on-site visits a year

We come to your terminal or port. You cover flights, hotel, meals and taxis; we do not bill our days on site.

Often the founder himself

Our founder, a cybersecurity practitioner who also teaches cyber, often makes the trip. For larger sites we come as a team.

Two free self-assessments

One for engineering teams, one for managers. About two minutes each, and the answers stay in your browser.

What the ten hours are for

The ten one-hour video calls are engineering advice on your own systems: your TOS, your gate and OCR lanes, your cranes, your network. We help you decide what to fix first, what can wait, and how to explain it to your management.

You choose the topics. A call can follow up a self-assessment, prepare an audit, review a remote-access rule for a vendor, or simply answer the question that has been on your desk for weeks.

Who pays for what on a site visit

Twice a year we come to your terminal or port to look at the real installation. You cover the travel: flights, hotel, meals and local taxis. We do not bill our days on site.

Often our founder makes the trip himself; for larger sites we come as a team. What we see and what you share stays between us, and we never name a member without its written agreement.

How it starts

No paperwork to begin with: a first conversation, then we plan together.

1. Contact us

Leave your e-mail on the launch offer page or write to us. Everything you share stays confidential.

2. First video call

One hour to understand your site, your systems and what keeps you awake.

3. Self-assessments

Your engineers and your managers take their test; we read the results with you.

4. Site visit

We come on site to look at the real installation and agree on the next steps.

Tools you can use today

Before any call, your teams can take the two free self-assessments: the engineer test and the managerial assessment. Your engineers can also look at the open-source packages we build for ports and terminals.