Pittsburgh, PA
FEMP offers a suite of cybersecurity assessment tools aimed at reducing distributed energy resource (DER) cybersecurity risk, including the Distributed Energy Resource Cybersecurity Framework (DER-CF), the Distributed Energy Resources Risk Manager (DER-RM), and the Distributed Energy Resources Visual Emulator (DER-VE). These tools allow agencies to easily and intuitively follow cybersecurity risk management framework processes, manage the risks to their grid-edge infrastructure, visualize static cybersecurity risks and their compliance, and comply with Authority to Operate requirements. The workshop will include an in-depth demonstration of the DER-CF, DER-RM, and DER-VE capabilities and train attendees in leveraging these resources and advancing distributed energy cybersecurity risk management and compliance.
Instructors
Anuj Sanghvi, Cybersecurity Researcher, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Read Bio
Anuj Sanghvi is a cybersecurity researcher and network security engineer with the Secure Cyber Energy Systems Group. He leads the research and development of NREL's Distributed Energy Resources Cybersecurity Framework (DERCF), and his expertise is in identifying security controls for and testing of industrial control systems. As a research engineer, Sanghvi has done intensive research in building the DERCF assessment questions and developing reference architecture models for electric vehicle extreme fast charging infrastructure. He is also the lead of NREL's initiative in cybersecurity for water power with a multiyear, multilab Department of Energy Water Power Technology Office Cybersecurity Value-at-Risk Framework project.
Ryan Cryar, Cybersecurity Researcher, National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) Read Bio
Ryan Cryar is a cybersecurity researcher in the Energy Security and Resilience center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. During his tenure at NREL, Ryan has conducted research and authored many papers focusing on cybersecurity of renewable energy resources. Ryan is a core contributor to UL 2941, IEEE 1547.3, and has led collaboration efforts with industry stakeholders. Ryan currently leads several efforts at NREL resulting in many state of the art technologies in the renewable energy sector, including the Distributed Energy Resources Cybersecurity Framework (DER-CF) and Distributed Energy Resources Risk Manager (DER-RM). Ryan's background is in computer science, applied mathematics, and cybersecurity. His research interests include applied cryptography for renewables, adversarial analysis of distributed systems, and software defined networking.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:
- Identify freely available resources to manage renewable energy integration cybersecurity risks;
- Recognize and outline NIST SP 800-37R2, NIST SP 800-82, and other compliance guidelines;
- Select and summarize DER-CF, DER-RM, and DER-VE capabilities.
