EDF and cyber problems

enhanced monitoring over threat of digital attacks. Nuclear regulators have
stepped up their monitoring of French power giant EDF amid concerns about cyber
security. The UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has put the company
under “enhanced attention” after finding “shortfalls” in its cyber security
plans, The Telegraph can reveal. French state-owned EDF owns and runs the UK’s
nuclear power fleet. It is also building the UK’s first new nuclear power
station in a generation, Hinkley Point C in Somerset, with its minority Chinese
partner CGN. Cyber security is of heightened concern nationally amid Russia’s
war on Ukraine. Russia has been blamed for cyber attacks which disrupted
windfarms in Europe on the eve of its invasion and security officials have
called on British organisations to bolster their defences. In a blog post last
week, Dr Marsha Quallo-Wright, deputy director for Private Sector Critical
National Infrastructure at the National Cyber Security Centre, said “now is not
the time for complacency” despite no significant cyber attacks on UK
organisations since Russia’s invasion. The ONR has stepped up monitoring of EDF
following a string of routine inspections over the past 12 months, during which
it said it “identified shortfalls in governance, risk and compliance and
certain technical controls”. EDF said the shortfalls related to cyber security.
A spokesman added: “EDF works in very close partnership with the National Cyber
Security Centre and some joint studies with them identified some areas for
improvement, such as in risk awareness. “We are constantly striving to improve
security and work with various bodies, including the ONR, to achieve this. The
cyber threat is a constantly evolving area and we want to stay ahead of the
threat.”

Telegraph 9th
July 2022

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/07/09/edf-scrutiny-nuclear-security-shortfalls/