Effective cyber security is increasingly important as modern technology and interconnected devices become a fundamental part of everyday life. It’s vital to protect the devices and services we access online and at work from harm.
Our Cyber Security and Information specialism is responsible for ensuring the civil nuclear sector protects the sensitive nuclear information it holds.
This sensitive nuclear information includes details about activities on nuclear sites which needs to be protected in the interests of national security - information that is of interest to those who may seek to harm the UK’s national interests. It can also be information that may be of use for the proliferation of weapons and needs to be tightly controlled.
Our specialist inspectors are responsible for ensuring the civil nuclear sector protects industrial processes from cyber-attack. The industrial sectors, including nuclear, have become more interconnected. This connectivity brings benefits, but it also presents additional risks to the safe operation of nuclear sites from those with malicious intent.
The specialism is a diverse mix of highly experienced cyber security professionals, apprentices and graduates, with backgrounds in a range of disciplines.
This breadth and depth of experience in the specialism, along with our strategic partnerships across government, intelligence agencies, industry and academia enables us to ensure that the civil nuclear sector adequately protects sensitive nuclear information and industrial systems against cyber-attack.