SGCWEBINAR

EnablingPowerSystemCyber-PhysicalResilience

KatherineDavisTexasA&MUniversity

Thepowergridisavastandinterconnectedcyber-physicalsystemfordeliveringelectricity.Treatingthegridasacyber-physicalsystemrequiresnewperspectives,includinganalysistechniquesaswellasoperatingprocedures.Attacksonthegridcoulddetrimentallyaffectpublichealthandsafety,yetitscyberinfrastructureisnotcurrentlyincludedintheintenseanalysisofitselectricalcounterparts.Inthistalk,wediscusschallengesandopportunitiesforenablingcyber-physicalresilienceinpowersystems.Thefocusisonensuringeffectivecyber-physicalsituationalawarenessandcontrolunderadversarialpresence,leveragingbothpowerandcybermeasurementsandcoordinatingmitigationstomaintainorregainreliableoperationofthepowersystemduringsuchanattack.WepresentthisworkincontextofourCyber-PhysicalResilientEnergySystems(CYPRES)projectfundedbytheUSDepartmentofEnergyCyberSecurityforEnergyDeliverySystems(DOE-CEDS)program.ThevisionofCYPRESisacyber-physicalenergymanagementsystemthatwouldallowtheenergysystemtobemodeledandmanagedtogetherwithitsdata,communications,andsecurity.Testbedsareanimportantaspectofimplementingandvalidatingthistypeofresearch;inthistalk,wealsodiscussongoingeffortsatourTexasA&MResilientEnergySystemsLabanditsintendedroletoenablemoreworkinthisarea.

September23,2020at1:00P.M.CDTRegisterinadvanceat

https:// tamu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0pdOuhpzkuGtys7QwDkCYcmYWCtHwT4xBH

KatherineDavisisanAssistantProfessorintheDepartmentofElectricalandComputerEngineeringatTexasA&MUniversity(TAMU).PriortojoiningTexasA&Min2017,Dr.DaviswasaSoftwareEngineerandSeniorConsultantforPowerWorldCorporation.Dr.DaviswasthenwithUniversityofIllinois’sInformationTrustInstituteasaResearchScientist.Herexpertiseincludeslargescalemodeling,analysis,andsimulationsofcyber-physicalcriticalinfrastructure,whereshehasparticularinterestinsecurity-orientedcontrolsystemanalysistechniques.ShereceivedherM.S.andPh.D.degreesinElectricalandComputerEngineeringfromUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-ChampaignandB.S.degreefromTheUniversityofTexasatAustin.Dr.DavisisaSeniorMemberofIEEEinPESandCOMSOCandamemberofASEE,HKN,andTauBetaPi.SheisalsothefacultyadvisorofTexasA&M’sStudentChaptersofIEEE-PES-PELS-IASandHKN.