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A Cybersecurity Centre
The IDELUX Cybersecurity Centre nestled at the heart of the Wallonia region is now operational!
Its strength: combining two unique infrastructures in Europe:
- A cyber range and its crisis simulator: These facilities allow for concrete and highly effective training in the field of cybersecurity for professional teams. By simulating realistic attack-and-response scenarios, users can test their systems’ resilience and learn to anticipate cyber threats.
- A quantum cryptography laboratory: A dedicated space for researchers, engineers, and experts to develop innovative solutions for securing digital communications through quantum physics concepts.
The synergy of these infrastructures and their proximity to the ESA/ESEC centre in Redu now creates a real ecosystem of strategic importance in the commune of Libin.
Supported by the Walloon Government and developed by IDELUX, this centre is a concrete response to the challenges imposed by the new European directives (NIS2). As a reminder, the European NIS2 Directive requires affected companies (in sectors including energy, transport, healthcare, banking, digital infrastructure, manufacturing, food production, and postal services) to train, conduct research, and defend against the threat of cyber attacks. Businesses are required to anticipate such threats through virtual infrastructures.
The IDELUX Cybersecurity Centre is accessible free of charge to all economic, public, industrial and academic players concerned by cybersecurity.
An international cybersecurity school
Wallonia is positioning itself as a major player in the development of cybersecurity solutions worldwide!
To address cybersecurity challenges, particularly cybercrime threats, Wallonia decided to establish a centre of excellence to protect its territory, society and all the players involved.
As part of this initiative, it has funding an international school called the ‘Cyberwal in Galaxia Program’ at the Euro Space Centre in Transinne for the past three years. Organised by IDELUX Développement and under the authority of a scientific committee, this school brings together hundreds of European students for a week. The students were trained by carefully trained experts in the academical, industrial and public domains.
For over 20 years, the Euro Space Center:
- has been educating the young, and the not-so-young, about science, focusing on the main theme of space. A spectacular experience immerses visitors in the world of space exploration. Every year, the ESC welcomes children from around the world, racking up 40,000 overnight stays a year;
- has been hosting exhibitions, seminars and events (flexible meeting rooms, an auditorium that seats 140 people, a cafeteria and much more).
The Euro Space Center had a complete makeover in 2020 and now offers a range of new services! Find out more in our article dedicated to this transformation!
A business centre connected by optical fibre to the ESA-ESEC station in Redu
Moving to the business centre means benefiting from customised support in ultra-modern, secure facilities right in the heart of one of the biggest photovoltaic architectural projects in Europe.
Professional business support
Right at the heart of the GALAXIA business park there is a 2,000m² high tech business centre designed for two types of company specialising in space applications:
- well-established companies
- start-ups and spin-offs. These young companies will receive support from the GALAXIA Space Innovation incubation centre and enjoy access to a comprehensive range of services to help them grow.
Ultra-modern, secure facilities
- Security for people and for data.
- Equipment at the cutting edge of technology:
- identification system,
- access control system using magnetic passes,
- electricity produced by photovoltaic panels (4,700m²),
- fibre optic link between the GALAXIA business centre and the ESA ground station,
- fibre optic link between the GALAXIA business centre and the global network,
- very high speed Internet connections,
- “Tier 2 data center” server rooms, totally pre-installed (TIA/EIA-942 standard),
- dual emergency power supply system (short or extended power failures).
Shared services and equipment
As well as working in fully equipped office, each company housed in the business centre pays a single monthly fee to benefit from shared services and equipment:
- reception,
- telephone switchboard for when they are not there,
- letters and parcels distributed internally,
- photocopier,
- ability to book meeting rooms,
- security system,
- air conditioning,
- bathrooms,
- electricity, water etc.
- cleaning and maintenance.
Innovative, sustainable architecture
- The biggest architectural project dedicated to the production of solar power in Belgium: integration of around 4,700m² of photovoltaic panels on the building,
- Annual production is 313,000 kWh (corresponding to the consumption of 90 households) and the savings in terms of CO2are estimated to be 142.8 tonnes a year,
- Rainwater is recycled,
- Use of wood in the structure and exteriors of the buildings,
- Air to air heat pump etc.
The GALILEO Integrated Logistics Support Centre
In December 2017, a one-of-a-kind building was opened at the GALAXIA business park in Transinne: the GALILEO Integrated Logistics Support Centre (GILSC). This building is made available to the European Commission.
A strategic centre for Europe
As a reminder, GALILEO is the ambitious programme designed to give the European Union its own satellite navigation system. The availability of the resulting services for citizens and professionals needs to be impeccable. To begin with, this challenge is being met thanks to a network of 30 satellites, 16 stations on the ground and 12 centres.
In March 2016, when they approved the Belgian proposal for a new “ILS” building for GALILEO in Transinne, the European Commission made the decision to make the GALAXIA space centre the nerve centre for logistics for these centres as well as for maintaining their facilities.
IDELUX then took up the challenge of delivering a building that would meet the specifications within the deadlines that were set.
A high-performance centre at the cutting edge of technology
This building of around 3,000m² houses 30 highly qualified operators from Telespazio Belgium as well as a team of experts from the EUSPA (European Union Space Programme Agency). The centre makes it possible to guarantee that all the ground stations in the GALILEO system (remote sites and sites in Europe) are fully operational.
A little technological gem, it incorporates the best current standards in terms of fibre optic connectivity and security (anti-intrusion system, presence detectors, secure power supply etc.), a centralised management system that can be controlled remotely (temperature, doors/windows, cameras etc.) and excellent energy performance (photovoltaic panels, geothermal probes, rainwater recovery etc.).
The GALAXIA space centre’s development doesn’t stop there!
Work on the park is set to continue to welcome more businesses specialising in the space sector.
The park being developed has 20 hectares of land available to build on, ready to offer the best possible setting for cutting-edge businesses.
An ESA/ESEC educational centre
The ESA Education Training Centre offers a range of activities at the Transinne site:
- the e-Technology Lab which trains primary and secondary school teachers in robotics and related science subjects (20 sessions a year, each one lasting 2 or 3 days and for 30 teachers);
- the Training and Learning Facility which offers training opportunities to students at European universities reading engineering and science, passing on the ESA’s expertise, know-how and best practices (20 sessions a year, each one lasting 4 or 5 days and for 30 university students. The training for these students is provided by an average of 4 experts per session);
- the CubeSat Support Facility is an assembly, integration and testing facility for educational CubeSats.