SBIR Phase I: IoT-Enabled Intelligent Data Replication for Secure Redundant Monitoring

第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是提高用于关键基础设施控制和自动化的数据的可见性和可用性。该研究提出了一种新技术的开发，该技术利用灵活，低成本和低功耗的物联网（IoT）设备来复制，传输和分析相关的监控数据。在美国，停电每年造成数百亿美元的停电成本。这项技术将通过提高关键基础设施系统应对自然灾害等异常事件（例如，飓风、冬季风暴）和局部故障或网络攻击。因此，该项目开发的技术将减少恢复时间，并提供针对网络攻击的实时防御，减少医院和政府设施等关键用户的电力损失，并节省数十亿美元。该小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将通过物联网网络，监控和控制技术以及数据分析的集成，推进增强关键基础设施弹性所需的科学知识。 在关键基础设施中使用物联网设备与安全机制集成的进展将促进当前关键基础设施的技术过渡。这个项目将探索和设计用于数据处理、轻量级加密和攻击检测的新机制。该项目开发的技术将广泛应用于监测和控制，不仅在电力部门，而且在许多其他关键基础设施，如水，石油和天然气。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Phase I project is to increase the visibility and availability of data used for control and automation of critical infrastructures. This research proposes the development of a novel technology that takes advantage of flexible, low cost, and low power internet of things (IoT) devices to replicate, transmit, and analyze relevant monitoring and control data. Blackouts in the U.S. cause tens of billions of dollars in outage cost annually. This technology will advance the nation's energy safety, security, and economy by improving the capabilities of critical infrastructure systems to respond to blackouts caused by anomalous events such as natural disasters (e.g., hurricanes, winter storms) and localized faults or cyberattacks. Therefore, the technology developed in this project will decrease restoration time and provide real-time defense against cyberattacks, reducing the loss of electricity to critical users such as hospitals and governmental facilities, and saving billions of dollars. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will advance the scientific knowledge required to enhance the resilience of critical infrastructures through the integration of IoT networks, monitoring and control technologies, and data analytics. Advances in the use of IoT devices for critical infrastructures integrated with security mechanisms will facilitate the technology transition of the current critical infrastructure. This project will explore and design novel mechanisms for data processing, light-weight encryption, and attack detection. The technology developed in this project will have widespread applications in monitoring and control, not only in the electricity sector, but also in many other critical infrastructures such as water, oil, and gas. A proof of concept will be developed to validate the feasibility of the proposed architecture and algorithms.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.