HISTORICAL PRESENTATION OF THE IMPLANTATION IN BRETAGNE AND ACTIVITY

In 1986 the future partners, founders of Siepel, then based in Paris, were looking for a location, the choice was spontaneously towards Bretagne for family reasons and also by the presence of significant potential customers (Ministry of Defense , DCN, DGA …). A few months after the creation of the company, the city of La Trinité sur Mer offered land that would be purchased and a first building built. 30 years later, SIEPEL has one hectare of land area hosting the head office and production workshops for an average workforce of 62 employees.

SIEPEL’s activity, constantly evolving under the effects of R&D, normative requirements and markets, is based, in particular, on the manufacturing of Faraday cages for the protection of data centers, command & control centers, and secure meeting rooms (electromagnetic and acoustic protections), faradised pouches for mobile telephony and all the control measures associated with these products. As such, SIEPEL is a specialised company in the field of «Cybersecurity infrastructures» for a public and private clientele.

Export represents on average 50% of global activity and in addition to a representative office in Taiwan, SIEPEL has a network of more than 20 agents / distributors in the world.

It is a technological niche market and the strength of the company lies in its capacity for responsiveness, flexibility and quality requirements associated with the mastery of the value chain. A production site in Bretagne gathering all the expertise offers customers and project owners a unique support.

HIGHLIGHTS AND BENEFITS

The range offered by SIEPEL consists of specialised products and services for securing infrastructures hosting information systems against cyber threats such as electromagnetic attacks and interceptions.

We can particularly mention:

• Secure rooms, electromagnetic and acoustic protection. These are high performance Faraday cages with quality finishes to host sensitive meetings with a high level of privacy;
• Faraday cages dedicated to the protection of data processing systems and data centers;
• Faradised pouches for laptops, tablets, smartphones for use in Forensics and also for securing confidential meetings requiring the interruption of real-time communications of electronic devices;
• Measurements of electromagnetic radiation (for validation of the conformity of Faraday cages and standard premises hosting sensitive IT safety means). In terms of measurements according to EN 50147-1 SIEPEL has COFRAC accreditation;

THE LABEL France CYBERSECURITY, THE SUPPLIES OF SUCH A LABEL

The award of a label, in this case two for SIEPEL, one concerning the faraday cages’ high performance (2016) and the other for measurements of electromagnetic radiation (2017), makes it possible to validate the existence of a genuine technical know-how combined with significant experience.

In markets related to data security, especially for export projects, it is necessary for a company like SIEPEL to be able to justify national technical recognition. Indeed, it is often difficult for our clients to be cited in reference, the confidentiality governing this type of application!

In addition, the France Cybersecurity label, mainly awarded to companies linked to computer security software or services, shows the completeness and complementarity of the solutions by validating our domain of infrastructure cybersecurity. SIEPEL therefore represents a brick of cyber applications and the France Cybersecurity label officialises the scope.

MAJOR SECURITY PLAYER IN THE CYBERSPACE, YOUR PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES TO COME

Obviously, one of the first challenges concerns our ability to exceed normative requirements and innovate by offering high-level solutions coupled with attractive costs. The other major challenge is our desire to maintain our R&D and production activities in Bretagne.

The outlook for the French market remains dynamic and SIEPEL needs to maintain its position by collaborating with both principals and prime contractors but also as a specialised support for project owners, who must rely on our unique expertise.

We are seeing margins of progress in export markets and we must ensure that we address the emerging areas where the cyber threat is known and for the moment not sufficiently taken into account.

Bretagne has an excellent pool of SMEs in the field of cybersecurity. We will also consider regional collaborations to broaden our offer and contribute to the development of cybersecurity companies in Bretagne.