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Information technology facilitates greater efficiency, cost effectiveness and timeliness of data thus driving cyber-enabled innovation. The higher granularity and accessibility to personal and sensitive data in our information-driven world, however, brings forth natural challenges in addressing identity, privacy and security. This seminar course aims to bring together several challenges and solutions related to identity, privacy and security as it relates to the emerging cyber-enabled power grid known as the smart grid<\/i>. The security of a system is as strong as its weakest link. Thus, the scale and complexity of the smart grid provides a natural framework to discuss diverse threats and attacks, and multidisciplinary mitigation approaches. Moreover, the smart grid also represents a prototypical cyber-physical system<\/i> requiring a recasting of the classical definitions for security to include a cyber-physical context.<\/p>\nThis course introduces students to timely topics in cyber-physical security, privacy and identity of modern energy systems. Fundamental technical principles of information security and power delivery will be provided in lectures followed by technological solutions for smart grid cyber-physical security based on research papers and technical reports. Invited public seminars and assigned group work will establish breadth of the topic touching upon multidisciplinary issues and tensions related to policy, governance and technology.<\/p>\n
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Course Objectives<\/h3>\n
Having taken this course students will:<\/p>\n
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- Be exposed to the technical philosophies behind secure smart grid development;<\/li>\n
- Be introduced to information and communication protection technologies of use to cyber-physical smart grid development;<\/li>\n
- Be able to identify the cyber security requirements of importance to the energy sector; and<\/li>\n
- Understand cutting edge technological problems and results in the field of smart grid cyber protection.<\/li>\n
- Seminar speakers will examine broader issues of identity, privacy and security from a range of scientific, policy, governance and business perspectives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Syllabus<\/h3>\n
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- Introduction to Energy Systems and the Smart Grid<\/li>\n
- Communications and Sensing in the Smart Grid<\/li>\n
- Information Security and the C-I-A Paradigm<\/li>\n
- Networks and Network Security Practices<\/li>\n
- Reliability, Security, Resilience and Survivability<\/li>\n
- Risk Management<\/li>\n
- Smart Grid Threats, Vulnerabilities and Cyber Security Strategies<\/li>\n
- Cyber Security Environment, Federal Initiatives and Regulatory Compliance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Complementary invited public seminars are intended to cover a breadth of topics related to policy, governance, technology and commerce as it relates to the theme of energy systems.<\/p>\n
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Handouts<\/h3>\n
LEC:\u00a0Mondays 11 am \u2013 1 pm (typical lecture) 11 am \u2013 2 pm (external seminar),\u00a0BA 4164<\/h6>\n
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- Course Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Please see\u00a0Blackboard<\/a>\u00a0for additional handouts.<\/p>\n
\nAssignments<\/h3>\n
- Course Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n