"FIU Awarded $2 Million to Develop Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Tools"

Researchers at Florida International University's (FIU) College of Engineering and Computing have been awarded $2 million by the US Department of Energy (DOE) in support of developing technology for preventing, detecting, analyzing, and mitigating cyberattacks on US energy systems. The FIU team, experienced in cybersecurity and smart energy grids, will lead the project to advance state-of-the-art methods in cyberattack detection and bolster the security of power grids. The project, called "Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Tools (ArtIT) for Cyber Hardening of Power Grids," entails developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods and analytics for identifying attacks in real-time and creating intelligent controllers to improve the attack resiliency of the bulk power system. The team will validate and test their tools with utility and industry partners. Each element of the project will address a specific problem. For example, one of the goals of this project is to enhance Moving Target Defense (MTD), a strategy used to confuse cyberattackers. This project is one of six new DOE-funded research, development, and demonstration projects totaling $12 million. These awards are also being given to university teams at Iowa State University, New York University, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. This article continues to discuss the support and goals of FIU's project on ArtIT for strengthening the cybersecurity of power grids. 

FIU reports "FIU Awarded $2 Million to Develop Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Tools"