
Building Global Cybersecurity Capacity at Nuclear Facilities
Challenge
All countries—but particularly those with emerging nuclear programs that lack the hands-on knowledge gained through operating experience—are struggling to attract the technical talent needed to successfully address the risk of cyberattacks on nuclear facilities.
Action
Promote greater international cooperation by engaging and building a network of cybersecurity experts from operational nuclear facilities.
Results
A sustainable global network that enables best-practice exchange and cooperation.
Details
Project Staff
The Forum brings together cyber-nuclear leaders to share experiences and practices to strengthen cybersecurity at nuclear facilities. Meetings are by invitation only, with up to forty attendees, to provide an environment for substantive engagement. Specifically, we are:
- Facilitating the sharing of best practices. We are bringing together experts from industry-leading organizations, as well as new or small nuclear facilities. Participants include chief information security officers, lead computer security engineers, cyber-nuclear security managers, and others who can share best practices and lay the groundwork for a global cyber-nuclear expert network. Example agenda topics include developing risk frameworks, embedding cybersecurity into organizational culture, recruiting and retaining talent, and addressing supply chain challenges.
- Creating a self-sustaining entity. In partnership with the nuclear industry, international organizations, and industry groups, we are working to develop the appropriate partnerships and funding sources for ongoing Forum support.
- Guided by a steering group. To guide the overall effort, including its sustainability, we have created a Forum steering group, drawing members from key nuclear operators from around the world.
NTI thanks the sponsors of the Cyber-Nuclear Forum—Bruce Power, Exelon Corporation, Urenco, the Nuclear Energy Institute and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office—without whom the Forum would not be possible.
In keeping with NTI’s impact model, NTI successfully spun off the Cyber-Nuclear Forum, and it is now housed at the World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS).
2024

Cyber-Nuclear Forum Moves to the World Institute for Nuclear Security
After five years hosting the Cyber-Nuclear Forum, where cybersecurity experts from nuclear facilities around the world convene to exchange information and best practices around cybersecurity, NTI has passed the responsibility on to the World Institute for Nuclear Security).

NTI Hosts 8th Meeting of Cyber-Nuclear Forum
Nearly 40 cybersecurity experts from nuclear facilities in more than 14 countries discussed practical steps for strengthening cybersecurity at nuclear facilities during the eighth meeting of NTI’s Cyber-Nuclear Forum.
2023

NTI Hosts Seventh Meeting of Cyber-Nuclear Forum
NTI convened more than 30 cybersecurity experts to discuss practical steps for strengthening cybersecurity at nuclear facilities around the world.
2022

NTI Hosts Cyber-Nuclear Forum meeting in France
More than 40 experts from nuclear operators across 15 countries and several international organizations worked to develop practical steps to strengthen cybersecurity at nuclear facilities during the fifth meeting of NTI’s Cyber-Nuclear Forum earlier this month.
Past Event
February 2020 Cyber-Nuclear Forum Meeting