The Redu ESA/ESEC Centre: a major asset!
The European Space Security and Education Centre (ESEC) is the European Space Agency (ESA) centre in Belgium dedicated to space security, education, smallsat and CubeSat operations and navigation activities.
ESEC is at the heart of ESA’s cyber security in Europe
ESEC is the Security Cyber Centre of Excellence (SCCoE) for the agency and the Cyber Safety and Security Operations Centre (C-SOC) that provides the cyber resilience capability of the agency. Both are elements of the ESA Cyber Security ‘backbone’ play a pivotal role in the development of ESEC within its ecosystem.
ESEC has a cybersecurity centre (ECSC) that meets the strictest standards (processing of classified information – up to the secret level). The solutions developed offer state-of-the-art cybersecurity, capable of guaranteeing the protection of equipment, data, and services.
One Centre, two sites
ESEC consists of two adjacent sites:
- The ESEC site in Redu, just outside the village, hosts (among others) part of the ESA Cyber Security Backbone, the European GNSS related infrastructure and activities, the ESA Space Weather Data Centre, the ESA Proba infrastructure, and activities. The site is fenced and guarded 24/7 with full access control and surveillance.
- The ESEC-Galaxia site in Transinne (6 km from ESEC site in Redu) where ESA Education activities are deployed. The Galaxia Business Park at Transinne hosts the Euro Space Centre (space-themed attraction park) and the ESA Education Training Centre. Next to this (and independent from ESA activities), Galaxia also hosts the EUSPA Galileo Integrated Logistic Support Centre (GILSC).