GridCloud: Infrastructure for Cloud-Based Wide Area Monitoring of Bulk Electric Power Grids
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Anderson, Dave
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Securing Your ICS Software with the AttackSurface Host Analyzer (AHA)
Implementing a secure development lifecycle (SDL) presents increasing challenges to software developers as they must ensure software correctly integrates both underlying operating system security features while also managing dependencies on third-party libraries or executables. There are a growing number of security functions that require a close integration between the OS security features and software builds to ensure strong protection. Furthermore, as software platforms grow in complexity, they present many opportunities for misconfigurations and inadequate defenses. This challenge is especially prevalent for industrial control systems (ICS), which oten depend on both legacy sotware platforms, or out of date operating systems. This paper presents the AttackSurface Host Analyzer (AHA) tool, which is used to assess the security of a software platform through its integration with a host operating system. The tool collects data from the various platforms running on an OS, evaluates an array of security properties, and then introduces metrics and visualizations to provide feedback on the system's attack surface based on the external interconnections and the completeness of the available security protections. The paper then explores the attack surface of a variety of industry-standard ICS platforms to provide insight into the current degree of protection enabled by them.
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION↗
National Incubator Initiative for Clean Energy (NIICE) Midwest Energy Accelerator
Review of the National Incubator Initiative for Clean Energy Midwest Energy Accelerator program and impact of accelerators on commercializing energy technologies.
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY↗
Design and fabrication of an aerobrake mock-up
The paper reports on the design and fabrication of a Mars aerobrake mockup that has been used in a series of underwater neutral buoyancy tests designed to address this on-orbit assembly issue. Particular attention is given to the aerobrake shell, truss components, and fastener issues. It is noted that soft docking alignment fasteners, fasteners between petals, and fasteners to connect the petal-to-petal truss members are all needed for this mockup.
Lee, Gordon K. F.↗