French nuclear power giant AREVA Inc. said Wednesday it has garnered several contracts totaling more than $11 million to provide cyber security services to several U.S. utilities. Through these services, the company will enhance the protection of the digital systems at the customers’ nuclear power plants.
As part of the future AREVA NP business in North America, AREVA Inc. will execute cyber security engineering scopes of work that include completing control assessments of more than 5,000 critical digital assets, supporting programmatic infrastructure improvements, and designing mitigation strategies to meet U.S. regulatory requirements, the company said in a statement.
“Protecting nuclear energy infrastructure is an industry-wide priority,” said Lee Williams, senior vice president, Installed Base Projects at AREVA Inc. “Our expertise in cyber security, nuclear plant engineering and regulatory affairs ensures a high level of protection of the digital systems for our American and international customers.”