TY - GEN
T1 - Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator: Cohort 2 - Asimily Public Report
T2 - U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER)
AU - Amoresano, Katherine
AU - Balamurugan, Sivasathya Pradha
AU - Blair, Nicholas
AU - Christensen, Dane
AU - Davis, Max
AU - Gonzalez, Paulie
AU - Guerra, Jennifer
AU - Hasandka, Adarsh
AU - Howard, Brian
AU - Koul, Neil
AU - Neely, Chelsea
AU - Pailing, Courtney
AU - Urlaub, Nik
AU - Wallace, Anthony
AU - Williams, Gareth
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) sponsors the Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator (TM) (CECA) to expedite the deployment of emerging security technologies that address the most urgent security concerns facing modern and future electric grids. CECA Cohort 2 assessed solutions focused on hidden risks due to incomplete system visibility and device security and configuration. Improving visibility can be achieved through operational technology (OT) asset identification solutions, including capabilities like automatic discovery, vulnerability reporting, and configuration monitoring. Solutions that monitor and identify assets in information technology (IT) networks in other domains are widely used; however, there is far less adoption of monitoring solutions for operational technology environments. Wider adoption may increase with increased confidence in the ability for these solutions to understand and respond to the specific requirements of OT environments. CECA Cohort 2 evaluated the active and passive asset discovery capabilities of market-ready solutions, documented and analyzed results, and identified gaps in functionality or capabilities. This report and describes how these results can help advance the adoption of these and similar solutions in the electric sector.
AB - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) sponsors the Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator (TM) (CECA) to expedite the deployment of emerging security technologies that address the most urgent security concerns facing modern and future electric grids. CECA Cohort 2 assessed solutions focused on hidden risks due to incomplete system visibility and device security and configuration. Improving visibility can be achieved through operational technology (OT) asset identification solutions, including capabilities like automatic discovery, vulnerability reporting, and configuration monitoring. Solutions that monitor and identify assets in information technology (IT) networks in other domains are widely used; however, there is far less adoption of monitoring solutions for operational technology environments. Wider adoption may increase with increased confidence in the ability for these solutions to understand and respond to the specific requirements of OT environments. CECA Cohort 2 evaluated the active and passive asset discovery capabilities of market-ready solutions, documented and analyzed results, and identified gaps in functionality or capabilities. This report and describes how these results can help advance the adoption of these and similar solutions in the electric sector.
KW - acceleration
KW - ARIES Cyber Range
KW - asset identification
KW - clean energy
KW - cybersecurity
U2 - 10.2172/2480506
DO - 10.2172/2480506
M3 - Technical Report
ER -