Solving the most pressing cyber-physical challenges
Solving the most pressing cyber-physical challenges
The more technologically advanced and connected our world gets, the more we introduce cyber vulnerabilities into our national critical infrastructures. Sophisticated nation-state actors are leveraging those vulnerabilities to steal valuable information, disrupt our way of life, and destroy systems critical to our survival.
ORNL researchers are identifying and characterizing our nation’s adversaries, enabling resilient operation of critical systems in the face of cyber attacks, and helping analysts process multi-modal data streams to more efficiently understand threats and inform mission-driven response actions.
Energy Grid
Energy Grid
The US energy grid covers more than .... with a lot of components and stuff. It could be hacked. We don't want that.
Transportation Sector
Transportation Sector
Vehicles are smart. Maybe too smart?
ML-based reverse engineering of CAN signals.
National Transportation Research Center, Vehicle Security Lab, GEARS
Manufacturing Supply Chains
Manufacturing Supply Chains
Manufacturing is digital. That means you could hack it and mess stuff up. But we won't let you.
Leveraging unique scientific expertise and capabilities
Cybersecurity Science
Developing innovative R&D capabilities that allow scientific contributions to advance cybersecurity to include cutting-edge, data-driven defensive cybersecurity architectures, technologies, and evaluation methods.
Machine-Augmented Intelligence
Building data science and visualization tools to improve analysts’ ability to make national security decisions; identify and characterize insider threats; and exploit ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) analytics.
Identity Science
Developing tools and technologies to unveil the identity of our nation’s adversaries while protecting the privacy of our citizens
System Vulnerability Science
Identify and develop tools to identify software, hardware, and complex system vulnerabilities to support national security interests
Delivering real-world impact
Energy Resilience
Through the 5-Lab WestWorld project, we’re developing an intelligence-driven platform for the creation of advanced cyber defense capabilities for the electric grid.
Vehicle Security
We’ve developed an algorithmic pipeline that can decode vehicle CAN signals, helping
identify malware threats in the networks that communicate everything from accelerator pedal angle and brake position to wheel speed and engine temperature.
Cyber Defense
Our HPC-enabled, AI-driven Cyber Operations Research Range is optimizing cyber defense architecture and human analyst performance—reducing analysis time from months to hours.
Data-driven Decisions
We’re bringing the power of data science and HPC to the intelligence analyst. Our research has
developed programs to fuse and analyze multi-modal data—including aerial imagery—in real time, helping analysts perform their mission more quickly and completely.
Leveraging unique scientific expertise
Cybersecurity Science
Cybersecurity Science
Developing innovative R&D capabilities that allow scientific contributions to advance cybersecurity to include cutting-edge, data-driven defensive cybersecurity architectures, technologies, and evaluation methods
Critical Infrastructure Resilience
Critical Infrastructure Resilience
Researching cyber-physical systems security and resilience to address risks to critical national infrastructure, including industrial control systems and networks for energy, transportation, weapons, and manufacturing systems
Machine-Augmented Intelligence
Machine-Augmented Intelligence
Building data science and visualization tools to improve analysts’ ability to make national security decisions; identify and characterize insider threats; and exploit ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) analytics
Identity Science
Identity Science
Developing tools and technologies to unveil the identity of our nation’s adversaries while protecting the privacy of our citizens
Systems Vulnerability Science
Systems Vulnerability Science
Identify and develop tools to identify software, hardware, and complex system vulnerabilities to support national security interests