A Security Program That Understands FBO Floors, Charter Wire Fraud, and Passenger Privacy.
Cybersecurity is one part of a flight department’s risk surface. Most cyber firms can’t credibly help with wire fraud on charter, fuel, and MRO invoices, passenger manifest privacy, hangar and ramp physical security, or what happens when FOS, CAMP, or Foreflight goes down on a Friday afternoon.
$2,500–$7,500/month · same band as vCISO
The private aviation risk profile
Private Aviation Carries an Unusual Risk Profile.
Your most valuable data isn’t just records. It’s tail numbers, passenger manifests, and routing — the kind of information a single leak can turn into a stalker, a kidnapping risk, or a front-page headline.
Your financial workflow runs on seven- and eight-figure wire transfers — charter, aircraft purchase, MRO events, fuel, parts — that BEC actors target every week.
Your property is a hangar full of $10M–$100M aircraft, ramp and crew access points, and seasonal contractors with badges and login credentials.
Your operation depends on a handful of platforms — Foreflight, FOS, CAMP, ARGUS, Gogo, ARINC — that, if compromised during a charter peak, stop revenue and compliance at the worst possible moment.
Most security firms run a cyber-only playbook. We don’t.
Most Aviation Security Hands You a Scorecard. We Run the Program.
Advice vs. a program
A 10-page scorecard and a quarterly phone call don’t enforce anything. They tell you what’s wrong and leave the doing to you. A vCSO program owns the risk — and our operating arm enforces it.
The Advisory-Only Model
- A scorecard and a roadmap — you execute it
- A quarterly one-hour consult
- “Lite” monitoring; alerts forwarded to you
- An annual 30-minute training
- Cyber and compliance only
- One consultant, one checklist
Total 360 — A Program That’s Operated
- A named program owner who shows up every quarter
- 24×7 managed detection with real containment
- Controls enforced — identity, backups, segmentation
- The whole risk surface: cyber, physical, fraud, continuity
- Advisory + operations + GRC platform + regional delivery
- TX DPS-licensed · CPP / CISSP / CISM · since 2013
Seven ESRM Domains. One Program.
Seven of the thirteen ESRM domains apply directly to how flight departments and aviation operators run. We run them as one continuous program — not seven separate vendor relationships.
Domain 01
Information Security & Passenger Privacy
Passenger manifest and tail-number data classification, routing and crew schedule protection, access control for maintenance and flight records, third-party data sharing with platform vendors.
Domain 02
Cybersecurity
Foreflight / FOS / CAMP / ARGUS environment hardening, ransomware preparedness for dispatch and maintenance tracking, MFA across crew and back-office, endpoint EDR, in-flight Wi-Fi segmentation.
Domain 03
Fraud Risk Mitigation
Wire fraud (BEC) is the #1 financial threat to flight departments. Prevention on charter bookings, aircraft purchase, MRO invoices, fuel, parts. Bank verification protocols and seasonal-surge payment controls.
Domain 04
Physical Security
Hangar access, ramp control, crew badge management, after-hours protocols, contractor and vendor escort discipline, and integration with TSA TFSSP / PCSSP requirements.
Domain 05
Business Continuity
What happens when FOS or CAMP is down for 24 hours during a charter peak. When the dispatch server fails the night before a multi-leg trip. When ground IT loses connectivity.
Domain 06
Brand & Passenger Protection
HNW client confidentiality, paparazzi and stalker risk, executive protection coordination with ground transport, media response if a tail number or manifest leaks, principal-level reputation protection.
Domain 07
Workplace Violence & Threat Management
Public-facing FBO and crew safety, disgruntled passenger incidents, terminated employee risk (crew with access to aircraft and passenger data), insider threat program for aviation department staff.
You Probably Need a vCSO If:
- A charter prospect, family office, or Fortune 500 owner asked about your security posture and you couldn’t credibly respond.
- A fuel, MRO, parts, or aircraft invoice was paid to the wrong account in the last 18 months. (Classic BEC.)
- Your passenger manifest data and maintenance records live on a single server with manual backups you’ve never tested.
- You don’t have a written policy for who can export passenger lists or tail-number data from your dispatch or maintenance platforms.
- Departed crew members or contractors from last season still have system access or active badges.
- A FOS / CAMP / dispatch outage was handled with “we’ll deal with it Monday.”
- You operate under TSA TFSSP, PCSSP, or DCA Access and your security program documentation hasn’t been seriously reviewed in over a year.
- A tail number, manifest, or routing detail ended up online and you don’t know how it got there.
- You operate in Texas and SB 2610 just landed in your inbox.
What an Engagement Actually Produces.
Within 90 days:
- Documented information security program with a named program owner
- Passenger manifest and tail-number data classification, access control, and export policy
- Wire fraud prevention procedures for charter, aircraft purchase, MRO, fuel, and parts payments — with named bank-verification steps
- Cyber-insurance renewal posture that survives aviation-specific carrier questionnaires
- Incident response plan tested against ransomware (FOS / CAMP / dispatch environments) and wire fraud scenarios
- Vendor risk program covering Foreflight, FOS, CAMP, ARGUS / Wyvern, in-flight connectivity, and ground IT
- Hangar, ramp, and crew physical security review with access control recommendations
- TSA TFSSP / PCSSP / DCA Access security program documentation review
- Backup verification specifically for passenger records, maintenance logs, and dispatch data
- Texas SB 2610 readiness program (for Texas-HQ operators)
- Quarterly owner / aviation department risk briefing
We've Yet to Meet a Cyber-Only vCISO Who Can Answer All Four.
Ask any virtual CISO four questions:
What’s your process for preventing wire fraud on a $5M aircraft purchase or major MRO event?
How do you protect and control access to a passenger manifest and tail-number routing?
What does hangar, ramp, and crew physical security look like under your program?
What’s your continuity plan when FOS and your maintenance tracking platform are down for 24 hours?
Most can’t answer one. None can answer all four.
Flight departments don’t have CISOs. They have Owners, Directors of Operations, Chief Pilots, and Directors of Maintenance — and nobody owning all of them.
The role you actually need is a Chief Security Officer who understands the whole risk surface — cyber, physical, fraud, continuity, IP, brand, TSA program documentation. Texas DPS-licensed (C10504801, F26294001). CPP, CISSP, CISM credentialed. Operating since 2013.
That’s a vCSO. That’s what we do.
The Total 360 Flight Department Program.
How to engage
One program, scoped to your flight department — from security leadership to fully operated. Engagements start at $2,500/month, the same band as a vCISO, and far less than the cost of the incident they prevent.
Flight Security
vCSO leadership + ESRM program
From $2,500/mo
- Named program owner across all seven aviation ESRM domains
- TSA TFSSP / PCSSP readiness + cyber-insurance posture
- Vendor risk + hangar / ramp / crew physical security review
- Quarterly owner / aviation department risk briefing
Flight Operations
Security-Controlled IT Operations
From $2,500/mo
- The six pillars, operated 24×7
- Identity, email defense, MDR, patching, backups
- Hangar / FOS / dispatch / back-office segmentation
- Delivered by Total 360 Technology
Flight Complete
Advisory + operations, one operator
Custom
- Flight Security and Flight Operations together
- GRC documentation via Total 360 Compass
- Extended delivery via Total 360 Barbados
- One operator behind what others stitch from four vendors
Not sure where you stand? Start with a free Aviation Risk Snapshot.
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