"'Side-Channel' Attacks, New Cyberdefense Techniques Focus of Montana State U. Research"
The Idaho National Laboratory has announced the award of two grants to Montana State University researchers to help them advance their efforts to make the country's critical infrastructure more secure against cyberattacks. Professors from the university's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Gianforte School of Computing will conduct research on side-channel attacks, which are used by malicious actors to passively monitor the power consumption of computers. Attackers can use this information to figure out when a system is most vulnerable to attack. The researchers' work aims to protect electrical power grids, water treatment plants, and healthcare networks from such attacks by obfuscating power signatures. This article continues to discuss the researchers' work to bolster US critical infrastructure against side-channel cyberattacks.
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