Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Major
Computer Science
Research Advisor
McMillin, Bruce
Crow, Melissa
Advisor's Department
Computer Science
Second Advisor's Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Funding Source
Missouri S& T Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experiences (OURE) Program NSF MRI (CNS-0420869) NSF CCF (CCF-0614633) Department of Energy
Abstract
The need for protecting our nation's critical infrastructures is a pressing one that is undergoing much research. In the current approach for protecting our national power grid, assumptions are made that suggest that traditional approaches to cyber security may be applied without further analysis. However, systems involving information resources as well as physical resources present additional complexity in their protection needs. This research takes formal analysis of the proposed security architecture of a Cooperating Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System Device (CFO) and applies results of lab experiments to indicate weaknesses in the suggested architecture.
Biography
Derek Ditch is a senior in Computer Science and will be graduating in May 2008. He has been a member of the Army National Guard since graduating high school in 2000. When he began working as an undergraduate researcher for Dr. Bruce McMillin in 2006, he combined his experiences with securing classified military networks and academic theory learned at Missouri S& T, in order to provide a unique perspective on the security and vulnerability of software systems. Since working in the FACTS Interaction Laboratory, he has used this perspective to enhance both the physical and the cyber security of the experimental arch11ecture, resulting in a more stable and robust test environment. Derek will be continuing his research in the fall as he begins his PhD program in Computer Science. Missouri S& Tis one of the top candidates for his continued education.
Research Category
Engineering
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Document Type
Poster
Location
Havener Center, Upper Atrium/Hallway
Presentation Date
9 April 2008, 9:00 am - 11:45 am
Security in Cyber Physical Systems
Havener Center, Upper Atrium/Hallway
The need for protecting our nation's critical infrastructures is a pressing one that is undergoing much research. In the current approach for protecting our national power grid, assumptions are made that suggest that traditional approaches to cyber security may be applied without further analysis. However, systems involving information resources as well as physical resources present additional complexity in their protection needs. This research takes formal analysis of the proposed security architecture of a Cooperating Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System Device (CFO) and applies results of lab experiments to indicate weaknesses in the suggested architecture.
