Aida Akbarzadeh

Aida Akbarzadeh

Ph.D. started in: 2019
Expected year of graduation: 2022
COINS consortium member: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Supervised by: Sokratis Katsikas
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Research area: Network Security
Project title: Cyber-physical security of power plants within the smart grid
Project description: The overall objective of this research is to contribute to improving the security of the power plant systems within
the smart grid, seen as vital CPSs, by proposing a risk management framework, and by delivering security
requirements through identifying, assessing and managing security risks of the system when considering its
combined cyber-physical features. This overall objective breaks down into the following sub-objectives:
• Identify combined cyber and physical security challenges in the power plant systems of the smart grid
viewed as CPSs
• Develop and use modeling approaches appropriate to address the challenges identified above
• Develop and evaluate a risk management framework for the power plant systems in the smart grid

1. Aida Akbarzadeh, Sokratis Katsikas (2022). Unified IT&OT Modeling for Cybersecurity Analysis of Cyber-Physical Systems
2. Aida Akbarzadeh, Sokratis Katsikas (2021). Identifying and Analyzing Dependencies in and among Complex Cyber Physical Systems
3. Aida Akbarzadeh, Sokratis Katsikas (2020). Identifying Critical Components in Large Scale Cyber Physical Systems
4. Aida Akbarzadeh, Pankaj Pandey, Sokratis Katsikas (2020). Cyber-Physical Interdependencies in Power Plant Systems: A Review of Cyber Security Risks