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COMMUNICATION
Research at AIT Austrian Institute
of Technology Novel Stakeholder Socio-economic Duration:
Authentication Engagement Analyses 3 years
The significant increase in the and 4) creating and and Key Security Security Standards Start date:
use of ICT technologies within using mathematical Management Architectures Recommendations 1st April, 2014
the electrical power supply and algorithmic models Technology
system brings about a need for and simulations of that Security
cybersecurity considerations. design to evaluate its Intrusion Technologies
Detection
for SCADA
Systems
Key Key
Outcomes Figures
Resilient Security Budget:
Control Information 3.4M €
Systems
Analytics
Risk Assessment
Methods & Tools
Therefore, smart grid security is performance or predict AIT Austrian Demonstration AIT SmartEST
one of the research topics that failures. Institute of Sites Laboratory
the Digital Safety & Security Fraunhofer Technology
Department at the AIT Austrian Important resources AISEC Nimbus
Institute of Technology is focusing from which a security Microgrid
on in several projects, both architecture for a The Queen’s
national and international. particular smart grid
environment can be University Consortium SWW
Belfast Wunsiedel
Royal Institute GmbH SWW Wunsiedel
Smart Grid
of Technology
(KTH) United
Technologies
Landis + Gyr
Research
Energy Institute at EMC Centre
the J. Kepler RSA
University Linz
The EU FP7 project SPARKS derived are, for example,
(Smart Grid Protection Against the NISTIR 7628 “Guidelines for for the envisaged solutions. More
Cyber Attacks) focuses on Smart Grid Security”, the “Smart information on SPARKS and
developing new methods, tools Grid Architecture Model (SGAM)” Nobel Grid is available on the
and technologies for smart defined by the CEN-CENELEC- project website https://project-
grid cybersecurity in order to ETSI Smart Grid Coordination sparks.eu/ and http://nobelgrid.
enhance grid resilience. In one Group under the European eu/, respectively.
of its early deliverables1, the Union M/490 mandate, and
project consortium has explored the Sandia “Microgrid Cyber On a national level, AIT is
the area of smart grid reference Security Reference Architecture”. coordinating the RASSA project
architectures, providing guidance The abovementioned SPARKS (Reference Architecture for
that an organisation can use deliverable provides an analysis Secure Smart Grids in Austria),
for defining, designing and of the strengths and weaknesses which aims to develop a
implementing security-related of each of those, and compares secure, interoperable reference
technologies, processes and the characteristics of these architecture for Austrian smart
organisational capabilities for architectures to help in planning grids, and establish its acceptance
smart grid environments. or application of security in any among all relevant stakeholders.
smart grid project. By instantiating parts of the
The purposes for which reference architecture, secure
organisations turn to smart The importance of designing and compatible smart grid
grid reference architecture secure and interoperable components can be implemented
resources include 1) adopting a smart grid architectures is also in a consistent and efficient way.
methodology for establishing an addressed in the European Nobel
effective and durable long-term Grid project. Its goal is to explore Through these and other related
approach to securing their smart new services for all the actors research activities, the Digital
grid environment; 2) defining a of the distribution grid, and to Safety & Security Department at
durable architecture (including provide innovative solutions and AIT has built up expertise in the
technologies, processes and tools for DSOs in order to support area of smart grid security, and
people) that will secure that smart them in making the grid more collaborates closely with the AIT
grid environment over the long- secure, stable and robust. AIT’s Energy Department to offer joint
term; 3) developing a particular role in Nobel Grid is to define the services for impact assessment of
design based on that architecture; underlying security architecture smart grid components. l
1) Available for download at https://project-sparks.eu/publications/deliverables/
www.europeanenergyinnovation.eu
COMMUNICATION
Research at AIT Austrian Institute
of Technology Novel Stakeholder Socio-economic Duration:
Authentication Engagement Analyses 3 years
The significant increase in the and 4) creating and and Key Security Security Standards Start date:
use of ICT technologies within using mathematical Management Architectures Recommendations 1st April, 2014
the electrical power supply and algorithmic models Technology
system brings about a need for and simulations of that Security
cybersecurity considerations. design to evaluate its Intrusion Technologies
Detection
for SCADA
Systems
Key Key
Outcomes Figures
Resilient Security Budget:
Control Information 3.4M €
Systems
Analytics
Risk Assessment
Methods & Tools
Therefore, smart grid security is performance or predict AIT Austrian Demonstration AIT SmartEST
one of the research topics that failures. Institute of Sites Laboratory
the Digital Safety & Security Fraunhofer Technology
Department at the AIT Austrian Important resources AISEC Nimbus
Institute of Technology is focusing from which a security Microgrid
on in several projects, both architecture for a The Queen’s
national and international. particular smart grid
environment can be University Consortium SWW
Belfast Wunsiedel
Royal Institute GmbH SWW Wunsiedel
Smart Grid
of Technology
(KTH) United
Technologies
Landis + Gyr
Research
Energy Institute at EMC Centre
the J. Kepler RSA
University Linz
The EU FP7 project SPARKS derived are, for example,
(Smart Grid Protection Against the NISTIR 7628 “Guidelines for for the envisaged solutions. More
Cyber Attacks) focuses on Smart Grid Security”, the “Smart information on SPARKS and
developing new methods, tools Grid Architecture Model (SGAM)” Nobel Grid is available on the
and technologies for smart defined by the CEN-CENELEC- project website https://project-
grid cybersecurity in order to ETSI Smart Grid Coordination sparks.eu/ and http://nobelgrid.
enhance grid resilience. In one Group under the European eu/, respectively.
of its early deliverables1, the Union M/490 mandate, and
project consortium has explored the Sandia “Microgrid Cyber On a national level, AIT is
the area of smart grid reference Security Reference Architecture”. coordinating the RASSA project
architectures, providing guidance The abovementioned SPARKS (Reference Architecture for
that an organisation can use deliverable provides an analysis Secure Smart Grids in Austria),
for defining, designing and of the strengths and weaknesses which aims to develop a
implementing security-related of each of those, and compares secure, interoperable reference
technologies, processes and the characteristics of these architecture for Austrian smart
organisational capabilities for architectures to help in planning grids, and establish its acceptance
smart grid environments. or application of security in any among all relevant stakeholders.
smart grid project. By instantiating parts of the
The purposes for which reference architecture, secure
organisations turn to smart The importance of designing and compatible smart grid
grid reference architecture secure and interoperable components can be implemented
resources include 1) adopting a smart grid architectures is also in a consistent and efficient way.
methodology for establishing an addressed in the European Nobel
effective and durable long-term Grid project. Its goal is to explore Through these and other related
approach to securing their smart new services for all the actors research activities, the Digital
grid environment; 2) defining a of the distribution grid, and to Safety & Security Department at
durable architecture (including provide innovative solutions and AIT has built up expertise in the
technologies, processes and tools for DSOs in order to support area of smart grid security, and
people) that will secure that smart them in making the grid more collaborates closely with the AIT
grid environment over the long- secure, stable and robust. AIT’s Energy Department to offer joint
term; 3) developing a particular role in Nobel Grid is to define the services for impact assessment of
design based on that architecture; underlying security architecture smart grid components. l
1) Available for download at https://project-sparks.eu/publications/deliverables/
www.europeanenergyinnovation.eu
