Physics-aware and automated vulnerability discovery and patching in heterogeneous distributed energy resources against cyber attacks develop and demonstrate derguard, an automated distributed energy…

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Award ID
DECR0000056
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$4,200,000

Award facts

Completion date 70% complete
Funding
  • $3,000,000.00 Federal
  • $1,200,000.00 Non-federal
Funding agency
Office of Cyber Security Department of Energy
Place of performance
Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

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Description

Physics-aware and automated vulnerability discovery and patching in heterogeneous distributed energy resources against cyber attacks develop and demonstrate derguard, an automated distributed energy resource (DER) device security vetting and hardening framework. Develop techniques to analyze individual distributed energy resource (DER) devices and their functional benign and potentially malicious impact on system-wide power grid operations.

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Original award $3,000,000 $1,200,000

Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
Alliance For Energy Innovation, LLC Task1.0 (2.2 under the award) –The objective of this task is the following (i) NREL will first scrape, aggregate, and visualize open-source vulnerability… $435,450
University Of Illinois The team, led by Prof. Nicol, will develop a test environment that is modeled off of systems and communications networks DerGuard is attempting to protect.… $585,450
Nreca Research NRECA is interested in project as it aims to address the cybersecurity gaps that arise with the integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) in power… $235,450
Fortiphyd Logic Inc. Research into network-based methods for automatic vulnerability discovery and mitigation for distributed energy resources, including protocol fuzzers and… $414,629

Quick answers

Who received award DECR0000056?

DECR0000056 was awarded to Georgia TECH Research Corp by National Energy Technology Lab (Department of Energy) on September 16, 2024.

How much is award DECR0000056 worth?

$4,200,000 has been obligated on DECR0000056: $3,000,000 in federal funding and $1,200,000 in non-federal funding.

Which agency awarded DECR0000056?

National Energy Technology Lab (Department of Energy) awarded DECR0000056, with funding from Office of Cyber Security (Department of Energy).

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