Nuclear Engineering Corporation

Private nuclear facility contractor, 350 employees, providing uranium enrichment services

Key Assets At Risk:

  • Nuclear facility safety
  • International relations
  • Industrial control security
  • National security

Business Pressure

International scrutiny and potential nuclear security implications - any control system manipulation could have catastrophic consequences

Cultural Factors

  • Attackers used stolen digital certificates from legitimate technology companies to bypass security controls\
  • Malware specifically targets Siemens S7 PLCs with exact configuration used in uranium enrichment facilities\
  • Multiple zero-day exploits indicate nation-state level resources and intelligence gathering capabilities