Executive Summary
the transportation and storage of nuclear material and Sensitive Nuclear Information (SNI)3
as well as the management of legacy and waste facilities. The strategy also includes some
measures of effectiveness, while recognising that the nature of cyber means these may
need to be adjusted and priorities may need to change over the period the strategy covers.
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Success at a strategic level will be the demonstrable transformation of the civil nuclear
industry’s approach to cyber security (the ability to deter and protect against a cyber
attack) and its cyber resilience (the ability to detect, contain, mitigate the effects of, defeat
and recover from a cyber attack). Operational success will be the continued safe and
secure operation of legacy and future nuclear facilities in the face of growing cyber threats.
Tactical success will be an increasing capability, capacity and agility of stakeholders to
deal with all aspects of the cyber security challenges faced by the UK civil nuclear sector.
Our commitment to the Civil Nuclear Cyber Security Strategy:
To work in partnership to transform the UK civil nuclear sector’s approach to cyber
security (the ability to deter and protect against a cyber attack) and its cyber
resilience (the ability to detect, contain, mitigate the effects of, defeat and recover
from a cyber attack).
The UK civil nuclear duty holders4 will:
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o Establish and sustain robust, effective, agile and assurable cyber security
governance arrangements;
o Undertake appropriate risk management processes that pre-emptively
reduce the associated risks;
o Increase the sector’s capability and capacity to understand and manage
cyber security risks where required;
o Ensure that known cyber security vulnerabilities are mitigated, so far as is
reasonably practicable;
o Ensure that they are resilient to, and defend themselves against, evolving
cyber threats; and,
o Work with their supply chain to support and encourage them to manage and
mitigate their cyber vulnerabilities.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/365957/Nuclear_Industries_S
ecurity_Regulations.pdf
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The term ‘Duty Holder’ is used to define responsible persons’ on civil licensed nuclear sites and other
(unlicensed) nuclear premises subject to security regulation, as defined in the Nuclear Industries
Security Regulations (NISR) 2003. It is also used to refer to a ‘Licensee’ as defined in paragraph 1 of
a Nuclear Site Licence granted under the provisions of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965, or a
‘developer’ carrying out work on a nuclear construction site, as described in the Nuclear Industries
Security (Amendment) Regulations 2013.
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