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Hearing the Music: A History of the Cyber ITC, 2016–2025
Mitchell Hewes –

Hearing the Music: A History of the Cyber ITC, 2016–2025

A story of the people who turned scattered ideas into a symphony for preserving nuclear functions under adversity—and continue to carry it forward.

Writing Learning Nuclear
There Is No Such Thing As Cyber Risk
Mitchell Hewes –

There Is No Such Thing As Cyber Risk

A thought experiment on why risk belongs with objectives, functions, and consequences—not with cyber.

Writing Security Systems Thinking
The Carousel Before the Feed
Mitchell Hewes –

The Carousel Before the Feed

What the ritual of the slide projector can teach us about sharing photographs more deliberately online.

Writing Code Photography
Parsing Consensus
Mitchell Hewes –

Parsing Consensus

Experiments in parsing IAEA guidance into structured knowledge for LLMs

Writing Code Nuclear
Beyond Mogura Taiji Security
Mitchell Hewes –

Beyond Mogura Taiji Security

For Executives and Leaders Toward Building Inherently Secure and Resilient Systems

Writing Security Systems Thinking
Why Nuclear Security Needs Information Security
Mitchell Hewes –

Why Nuclear Security Needs Information Security

The Promise Of NST070

Writing Nuclear Systems Thinking
Where to Start — the System or the Function?
Mitchell Hewes –

Where to Start — the System or the Function?

How the V-model Clarifies Effective Computer Security

Writing Nuclear Systems Thinking
Achieving Resilience Through the Preservation of Functions
Mitchell Hewes –

Achieving Resilience Through the Preservation of Functions

Safety and Security Working Together

Writing Nuclear Systems Thinking
Approaches for Comprehensive Safety and Digital Risk Management
Mitchell Hewes –

Approaches for Comprehensive Safety and Digital Risk Management

For Advanced Nuclear Technology and Small Modular Reactors

Writing Nuclear Systems Thinking
Lighting the Way for My Father
Mitchell Hewes –

Lighting the Way for My Father

Please, lend him and I your light.

Writing Reflections
Empowering Computer Security Training with 'Learners'
Mitchell Hewes –

Empowering Computer Security Training with 'Learners'

An innovative open-source training platform, developed collaboratively by the IAEA and AIT, designed to enhance information and computer security training.

Writing Code Learning
Automatically Generating Photo Box Galleries in Hugo
Mitchell Hewes –

Automatically Generating Photo Box Galleries in Hugo

Because who doesn't like ordering a box of photos and spilling them all over a table?

Writing Code Photography
A Reflection on Sydney Sands to Vienna Snows
Mitchell Hewes –

A Reflection on Sydney Sands to Vienna Snows

Wherein I embrace life's unexpected turns.

Writing Reflections Travel
Quick Build for Self-signed Certs
Mitchell Hewes –

Quick Build for Self-signed Certs

Why is SSL like a complicated relationship? Because it's always a struggle to establish trust.

Writing Code
The Transformative Power of Loss and Love
Mitchell Hewes –

The Transformative Power of Loss and Love

Wherein I consider a life's true balance.

Writing Reflections
Hallstatt Adventures Behind the Lens
Mitchell Hewes –

Hallstatt Adventures Behind the Lens

Wherein I find friendship in travel.

Writing Photography Travel
How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Information and Computer Security in the Nuclear World
Mitchell Hewes –

How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Information and Computer Security in the Nuclear World

Originally written for the Volume 64-2 of the IAEA Bulletin

Writing AI Nuclear
Supporting Flexible and Engaging Computer Security Training Courses with the Online Learners Platform and Hands-on Exercises
Mitchell Hewes –

Supporting Flexible and Engaging Computer Security Training Courses with the Online Learners Platform and Hands-on Exercises

An overview of the Learners platform and cyber range exercises designed to support flexible, engaging nuclear computer security training.

Writing Learning Nuclear
Safety Versus Security
Mitchell Hewes –

Safety Versus Security

What's the Difference and Why It Matters

Writing Security Systems Thinking
Is “Cyber Security” Harmful?
Mitchell Hewes –

Is “Cyber Security” Harmful?

The term “cyber security” has become commonplace. But it brings ambiguities; thus, its use may be doing more harm than we realise.

Writing Security Systems Thinking
Building a Custom Landing Page
Mitchell Hewes –

Building a Custom Landing Page

Wherein I save the world from another NXDOMAIN or WIP page.

Writing Code
A Primer on Subverting AI/ML
Mitchell Hewes –

A Primer on Subverting AI/ML

Before placing implicit trust in AI/ML models for decision-making it is worth considering how they can be compromised. Here are some ideas.

Writing AI Security
Rethinking Security: Function-based Protection Against Malice
Mitchell Hewes –

Rethinking Security: Function-based Protection Against Malice

Protecting against malicious acts is complex. Does the focus need to move from threats to function-based protection against consequences?

Writing Security Systems Thinking
Harnessing Visualisation Because Maps
Mitchell Hewes –

Harnessing Visualisation Because Maps

Fun fact: my first work experience was with maps.

Writing Code
Friendships Take Flight
Mitchell Hewes –

Friendships Take Flight

Wherein I found friendship mid-journey.

Writing Reflections Travel
Nostalgia, Beaches, and Embracing the Present
Mitchell Hewes –

Nostalgia, Beaches, and Embracing the Present

Wherein I go to the beach, now far from home.

Writing Reflections Travel
A Journey with the Sea
Mitchell Hewes –

A Journey with the Sea

Wherein I connect with the ocean.

Writing Reflections Travel
Finding Family in Italia
Mitchell Hewes –

Finding Family in Italia

Wherein I reflect on what family is.

Writing Reflections Travel
Scaling Heights on a Klettersteig Journey
Mitchell Hewes –

Scaling Heights on a Klettersteig Journey

Wherein I test my trust and push my limits in nature.

Writing Reflections Travel
Secure Enterprise Integration for Multipurpose Research Reactors
Mitchell Hewes –

Secure Enterprise Integration for Multipurpose Research Reactors

Presented during IGORR 2017.

Writing Nuclear Security
Security Management of Virtualised Supervisory I&C Systems in Nuclear Facilities
Mitchell Hewes –

Security Management of Virtualised Supervisory I&C Systems in Nuclear Facilities

A review of the functionality provided by virtualisation platforms, available to Nuclear I&C operators from a cyber security management perspective.

Writing Nuclear Security
Building and Breaking the Protection Provided by an Optical Data Diode
Mitchell Hewes –

Building and Breaking the Protection Provided by an Optical Data Diode

Using Spare Parts

Writing Nuclear Security
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