Earlier this morning, Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) announced the launch of a new initiative aimed at attracting talent, developing skills and encouraging best practices in the UK’s nuclear industry.
Reports have said that the Nuclear Sector Hub will be led by Mark Kendrew, CISO of the National Nuclear Laboratory, and is set to focus on the key challenges which may be exposing the sector to unnecessary cyber risk.
The new initiative will look to foster greater collaboration among a dispersed workforce, encouraging best practices, improving the skills and experience of cybersecurity professionals in the sector, and helping attract new recruits into the nuclear power industry.
The Chartered Institute of Information Security noted that around 60,000 people work in the nuclear power sector both nationally and regionally, from enrichment to decommissioning and waste management. That can make it a challenge for security professionals to promote best practices across the workforce, it added.
The Nuclear Hub belonging to CIISec will be supported by the institute’s Skills Framework, an industry standard for measuring the competencies of industry professionals.
The focus will not only be on professionalizing the sector but also helping with professional development.
It’s expected to reach out to industry partners to ramp up efforts to recruit young people through cybersecurity apprenticeships and graduate programmes, as well as support those at later stages of their career, all the way up to the role of CISO.
“As a source of low-carbon power, the nuclear sector is a critical industry ..
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