CASPER: Cyber-Analog Sensing for Critical Energy Infrastructure
CASPER: Cyber-Analog Sensing for Protecting Critical Energy Infrastructure
Project Summary
Critical energy infrastructure — power grids, substations, and control systems — is increasingly exposed to cyber threats that exploit the boundary between analog sensing and digital control. CASPER develops analog-cyber sensing techniques to detect and mitigate attacks targeting these interfaces.
The CASPER project aims to:
- Identify vulnerabilities at the analog-digital boundary in energy control systems
- Develop hardware-based sensing primitives that can detect manipulation of analog measurements and control signals
- Build lightweight anomaly-detection mechanisms suitable for resource-constrained embedded systems in energy infrastructure
Research Team
- PI: Dr. Arafin, George Mason University
- Co-PI: Qiaochu Zhang, University of Virginia
Funding
This project is supported by the Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority (Award #N-2Q26-007).