We are making progress on the SEC2GRID project to ensure the cybersecurity of Smart Grids.

The project, financed by the Basque Government and the European Union, has an outstanding network of public and private collaborators

The profound change in the energy model and the urgent need to decarbonize our economy have caused a revolution in our electricity grid; which is adapting its technology at all levels. As a result, the digitalization of the electricity grid has become a fundamental pillar for the flexible control of distributed generation systems; which also entails a need to secure its security systems.

As such, at Ormazabal we are participating in the SEC2GRID project, together with a large group of public agents, associations and companies such as the Basque Government, Ikerlan, GAIA, Iberdrola –through the Global Smart Grids Innovation Hub-, Arteche, Ingeteam, ZIV or Zigor. This project, financed by the Basque Government through the Hazitek program, aims to combine knowledge and technologies to address the challenge of shielding the cybersecurity of Smart Grids.

What are the objectives?

Ormazabal, together with its partners, aims to generate new knowledge that enables innovation in disruptive technologies and solutions to address the cybersecurity challenges of the electricity sector in the following areas:

• Advanced algorithms for self-assessment of the cybersecurity status.
• Unified information model on cybersecurity threats.
• Unified information model for command and control of updates.

Want to know more about this project? César Tascón and Gonzalo Gómez-Abad, from PWC, explain it in an article published in the latest issue of SIC magazine (Cybersecurity, Information Security and Privacy Magazine). Click here to access the original content (page 105).

SIC Magazine Nº156