Grid Cybersecurity Strategy in an Attacker-Defender Model

January 22, 2021, 12 pm EDT | Virtual Talk LINK

Presented by, Yu-Cheng Chen
Ph.D. student at Georgia Institute of Technology in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Abstract  

With enough computing power and time, an attacker can figure out a password or secret key. This talk addresses modeling the behavior of the attacker and the defender in order to analyze the evolution of cyber-attacks. Chen will introduce an approach that can help cyber-security managers optimize their defense strategies. The analysis provides mathematical proofs and insight into when access controls (such as passwords, internet protocol addresses, and session keys) should be reset to minimize the probability of a successful attack. 

Speaker Bio

Yu-Cheng Chen is a 5th year Ph.D. student at Georgia Institute of Technology in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He graduated from the University of Washington with a double Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering. He also graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering. His research interest is risk assessment in cyber-physical systems.