Volume 24
June 2018 Edition
The Portal provides an avenue
for quicker and more direct
transfer of information between
the IAEA and those national or
regional authorities who choose
to adopt this new method of
communication.
Encryption for enhanced
security
Considering the highly sen-
sitive nature of the informa-
tion exchanged between the Geoff Williams (of Australia, at right) and Douglas Tonkay (USA), director of the EM
IAEA and States, the Portal Office of Waste Disposal, served as Vice-Presidents of the Review Meeting of the
Contracting Parties to the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management
features the highest level of and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management. (Courtesy of IAEA)
information security infra-
“Nothing will go through the Portal without being en-
structure.
crypted.”
“Confidentiality is a legal obligation, and protect-
ing that confidentiality has been a central part of “States’ participation in this new initiative is complete-
ly voluntary but encouraged,” Varjoranta emphasized.
the planning for the Portal,” explained Rialhe.
“It is in everyone’s interest to find efficient ways to en-
able the IAEA to provide credible assurances that States
are honoring their legal obligations.”
MOSAIC ensures all confidential Safeguards
information is well protected within an auton-
omous IT environment.
Alain Rialhe, Head of the Declared Information Analysis Section
at the IAEA
“The volume and variety of formats in information
technologies have increased, as have the challeng-
es of cybersecurity,” explained John Coyne, Direc-
tor of the Office of Information and Communica-
tion Systems, Department of Safeguards.
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