2019 Symposium Resources
2019 Agenda
Monday, 11 March 2019
Registration and Welcome
Morning
- Registration
- International Initiatives and Innovations Exposition
An exposition of international trainings, workshops, and technical means to counter insider threat
Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Morning
- Registration
Opening Remarks
Pieter De Crem, Minister of Home Affairs and Security, Belgium Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and NNSA Administrator, Department of Energy, United States Muhammad Khaliq, Head of the Nuclear Security of Materials and Facilities Section, IAEA- Logistics and Housekeeping
- Coffee Break
- Scenario-Based Interactive Discussion: Part 1
A fictitious, evolving nuclear security event focused on insider threat will set the scene for an interactive discussion where audience responses will determine how events unfold.
Carl Reynolds (Facilitator) John Buchanan, INTERPOL Benny Carlé, SCK-CEN, Belgium Sabeena Khanna, DOE, US Rusty Lorenzen, Boston Children’s Hospital, US - Keynote Speaker: Paul Van Tigchelt Coordination Unit for Threat Assessment, Belgium
Afternoon
- Lunch
- Round Table: Insider Motivations and Intentions
What is the insider threat? Who is a potential insider? What motivates insiders?
Tom Sauer, Antwerp University (Facilitator) John Buchanan, INTERPOL Rona Beattie, Glasgow Caledonian University Samuel Farinha, EUROPOL - Insider Threat Mitigation Strategies and Challenges
Experiences, successes, and challenges implementing insider mitigation programs
Claude Hébert, Nuclear Safety Commission, Canada (Facilitator) Mark Resner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, US PDF Nele Eykens, ENGIE-Electrabel, Belgium Rony Dresselaers, FANC, Belgium Tapani Hack, STUK, Finland PDF Ilkka Hanski, SUPO, Finland Khairul Khairul, BATAN, Indonesia PDF Matt Baitinger, Sterigenics, US - Coffee Break
- IAEA INFCIRC/908: A Global Tool for Mitigating Insider Threats
Showcase of commitments and activities related to the Joint Statement on Mitigating Insider Threats (INFCIRC/908)
Art Atkins, DOE/NNSA, US (Facilitator) Noor Fitriah Bakri, Atomic Energy Licensing Board, Malaysia Bouchra Boustani, AMSSNUR, Morocco PDF Tomás Bieda, Subsecretariat of Energy, Argentina PDF Ethel Ofoegbu, Nuclear Regulatory Authority, Nigeria - International Initiatives and Innovations Exposition An exposition of international trainings, workshops, and technical means to counter insider threats
- Implementing New Tools and Tech to Mitigate Insider Threats (Presentations)
- Evaluating States’ Implementation of NMAC for Nuclear Security
- Mitigating Radioactive Source Threats in Hospitals and Medical Centers
- Evening activities on 12 March are self-directed.
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Morning
- Recap of Tuesday
- Scenario-Based Discussion Part 2
The unfolding nuclear security event concludes, followed by a panel discussion of insider threat mitigation measures that, if employed, could have prevented or mitigated the events illustrated by the scenario.
Carl Reynolds (Facilitator) John Buchanan, INTERPOL Benny Carlé, SCK-CEN, Belgium Sabeena Khanna, DOE, US Rusty Lorenzen, Boston Children’s Hospital, US - Coffee Break
- Key Note Speaker: Matthew Bunn
Harvard University, US PDF
Afternoon
- Lunch
- Small-Group Interactive Sessions
Interactive sessions for smaller groups will provide participants with the opportunity to explore and share experiences on the following topics
- National Policy and Regulatory frameworks
- Nuclear security culture
- Cybersecurity
- Trustworthiness Programs: Aftercare
- Technical Measures to Mitigate Insider Threats
- Interactive Session 1
- Session Change
- Interactive Session 2
- Coffee Break
- Interactive Session 3
- Session Change
- Interactive Session 4
- Reception
Thursday: 14 March 2019
Morning
- Summary of Interactive Scenario Discussion and Recap of Parallel Interactive Sessions
- Coffee Break
Panel Discussion: Over-the-Horizon, Future considerations for insider threat mitigation
Discussion of emerging insider threats as well as emerging strategies and measures to mitigate the insider threat
Scott Sagan, Stanford University, US (Facilitator) Wayne Belk, National Insider Threat Task Force, US PDF Rob Hoffman, Idaho National Laboratory, US PDF Werner Pepermans, SAS Institute, Belgium PDF Curtis West, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US PDF- Panel Discussion: International Community Engagement
Available INFCIRC/908 and insider threat mitigation assistance and activities through the international nuclear and radiological security community
Ethel Ofoegbu, Nuclear Regulatory Authority, Nigeria (Facilitator) Robert Larsen, Nuclear Security of Materials and Facilities Section, IAEA Tomás Bieda, Subsecretariat of Energy, Argentina Bouchra Bastani, AMSSNUR, Morocco Naoko Noro, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan
Afternoon
- Lunch
- Symposium Themes
Anonymous polling will be used to garner from the participant key themes and issues that emerged from the Symposium PDF
- Coffee Break
- Action Plan and Roadmap to the IAEA International Conference on Nuclear Security (ICONS) 2020
Discuss activities to advance insider threat mitigation within the international nuclear and radiological security communities
Connie McAninch, DOE/NNSA, US Tony Snoeck, FANC, Belgium PDF - Closing Remarks & Adjourn
FANC and DOE/NNSA
