Cybersecurity Policy Report, Energy Department Offers $45M in Cybersecurity Grants, (Aug 18, 2022)
The Department of Energy will provide $45 million to fund efforts "to create, accelerate, and test technology that will protect our electric grid from cyber-attacks," the department announced yesterday.
The competitive grant program "will support up to 15 research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects that will focus on developing new cybersecurity tools and technologies designed to reduce cyber risks for energy delivery infrastructure," it said.
"As DOE builds out America's clean energy infrastructure, this funding will provide the tools for a strong, resilient, and secure electricity grid that can withstand modern cyberthreats and deliver energy to every pocket of America," Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said.
The grant program aims to create "next-generation tools and technologies designed to reduce cyber incident disruption to energy delivery," the department said.
"Researchers will aim to develop tools and technologies that enable energy systems to autonomously recognize a cyberattack, attempt to prevent it, and automatically isolate and eradicate it with no disruption to energy delivery," it said.
DoE said the projects would focus on the following six topics: (1) automated cyber attack prevention and mitigation; (2) security and resiliency by design; (3) authentication mechanisms for energy delivery systems; (4) automated methods to discover and mitigate vulnerabilities; (5) cybersecurity through advanced software solutions; and (6) integration of new concepts and technologies with existing infrastructure.
"Cybersecurity remains a priority as clean energy technologies deployed on the grid become highly automated," it said.
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