A project sponsored by the government aiming to bolster power plant security has entered its second phase, participants confirmed in a on April 10.
The project, principally a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and -based security firm Taekion, aims to reduce the ability of cybercriminals to compromise aspects of the energy .
The effort, which is worth $1 million, utilizes to shore up security and prevent remote attacks such as those which grid in 2016.
Taekion is currently researching how the technology could appear in suitable solutions, which would be deployed at power plants themselves.
“Accurate information on the status of power plant operations is critical for electric grid security,” the press release explains. It continues:
“For example, one method of cyberattack involves compromising a system so that it appears operational when it has actually been shut down by the hackers, leaving millions without power […] The applications being developed in the NETL-managed project have the potential to thwart such attacks by preventing hackers from altering the plant’s operational information.”
As Cointelegraph , ’s potential role in the energy sector is currently the focus of multiple schemes worldwide.
These include deployment in such as supply and demand balancing, along with cost-saving and contracts.
Last week, national energy giant Gazprom it would use in its gas supply agreements.
In January, the DOE $4.8 million of funding for innovative technology research, with as one of the targets.
Published at Thu, 11 Apr 2019 09:10:17 +0000