FIU awarded $2 million to develop artificial intelligence cybersecurity tools
US Department of Energy award will enhance cybersecurity of U.S. energy systems.
FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing researchers have received a $2 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help develop technology to prevent, detect, analyze, and mitigate cyberattacks against U.S. energy systems.
“Our FIU team is very experienced in cybersecurity and smart energy grids,” said Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman, the lead principal investigator and assistant professor and the director of the Analytics for Cyber Defense (ACyD) Lab. “We are proud to lead the project to advance state-of-the-art methods in cyberattack detection and to harden our power grids,” ‘Protecting the security of America’s power is crucial as we face increasing cyber threats.’”