Objectives
The course delivered an online interactive training programme over five days for Amity students, alumni and members of India’s existing technical nuclear industry to achieve the following objectives:
- Provide participants with an understanding of the interface between cybersecurity and physical protection and insider threats
- Provide participants with an understanding of real threats from cyberattacks through case studies presented by nuclear security experts and stage an exercise to aid the application of the learning
- Review and evaluate the learning to consider what continued professional development is required for participants to further enhance their understanding of nuclear security
- Help to develop a cohort of professionals with the knowledge, skills and competence to improve the integration and effectiveness of nuclear safety and security across India
Participants learned through online interactive sessions and exercises to consider how threats can be identified and mitigated. Participants considered the topics of cybersecurity and how it connects to physical protection systems and insider threats through the human factor. The training course reviewed corrective actions and improvements that can make a real difference for mitigation of nuclear security risks.
Participants were encouraged to apply for a funded scholarship to complete a WINS Academy Certification Programme and take the required exams to achieve the status of Certified Nuclear Security Professional (CNSP) and join the WINS Alumni Network.
Audience
The course was attended by 59 participants, including students from Indian universities, members of the technical nuclear workforce, and international and Indian subject matter experts.
The course was delivered in collaboration between Amity, WINS and supporting international experts.
Indian Host and Facilitator
Alpana Goel (AG), Amity University.
A K Jain, Advisor AINST.
Archana Yadav, Amity University.
Oakridge National Laboratory
Karen Kaldenbach (KK), Human Reliability Program Team Lead.
Gregg Protection Services
Dave Lambert (DL), Senior Security Specialist/Training Manager.
Critical Systems Security Consulting
Don Dudenhoeffer (DD), Senior Cybersecurity Consultant for Barakah Nuclear Power Plant, Former Senior Cybersecurity Lead, IAEA.
Other Subject Matter Experts to be engaged:
Amity Alumni, professors and Indian industry specialists helped deliver a series of exercises.
Process
The training presentations and exercises were delivered through Zoom, with the platform and registration managed by Amity. We used the Zoom moderation features to handle questions. Presentation sessions were recorded and made available to participants for playback.
The training course recordings are available below:
22 September 2020:
Integrating Cyber security with the Security Programme - WINS workshop
24 September 2020:
Integrating Cyber security with the Security Programme - WINS workshop
26 September 2020:
Integrating Cyber security with the Security Programme - WINS workshop
