Critical infrastructure and IoT: How to harden what you can’t replace
summary
Modern grids face a rapid expansion — about $700B invested in 12 years and $1.4 trillion planned in five — driven by AI data centers that raise demand tenfold per query, and a new attack surface of rooftop solar, EVs and legacy devices. Operators find malware like Volt Typhoon active 300+ days undetected. An eBay-bought smart inverter shows default credentials printed inside and cleartext passwords. A protocol-fuzzing appliance and SBOM generation are used for proactive vulnerability discovery and prioritised mitigation.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00IoT and energy grid security
- 1:13Power grid complexity evolution
- 5:08Solar adoption security challenges
- 8:59EVs and bidirectional energy flow
- 11:52Grid cyber attack vulnerabilities
- 14:21Proactive critical infrastructure security
- 17:34Smart inverter vulnerabilities
- 20:04Summary and Q&A
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