Within the framework of the technical objectives and 3-phase roadmap below, the SEEDS research teams are constantly developing projects and adapting to the current cybersecurity environment.
Secure Evolvable Energy Delivery Systems (SEEDS) Technical Objectives
- Secure grid control and operations
- Secure emerging power grid components and services
- Secure energy delivery system operation technology infrastructure
- Cybersecurity management and visualization
- Cybersecurity testing and validation
Phase 1: Risk Assessment, Monitoring, and Mitigation
- Analysis, modeling, and detection of data- and topology-manipulation attacks
- Real-time sensing, monitoring, and visualization for situation awareness
- Enhancing resilience through moving-target defense
- Impact assessment of cyber attacks against time-critical communications and demand-side management
Phase 2: Advanced Protective Measure Development
- Defense-in-depth against data and topology manipulation attacks
- Detection of counterfeit devices and Botnet
- Integrated design of security-aware microgrid
- Security recovery in post-disaster power grid
- Visualization of network and control systems security
Phase 3: Intelligent and Automated Response
- Automated response to data-manipulation attacks
- Optimization of security resource allocation
- Automated fusing of intrusion information for situation awareness
- Visualization for decision support
- Automated security management to mitigate cyber incidents