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Cybersecurity for EV Fast Chargers

As the U.S. electrifies the transportation sector, cyberattacks targeting vehicle charging could impact several critical infrastructure sectors including power systems, manufacturing, medical services, and agriculture. Researchers are securing the nation’s EV charging infrastructure from cyber threats. Watch now to learn how.

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    00:00:01 foreign [Music] year anniversary of the historic infrastructure investment and jobs act approaches the U.S department of energy is accelerating the goals of the Biden Harris Administration the bipartisan infrastructure law calls for the construction of the first ever national network of electric vehicle

    00:00:24 Chargers along highways and in communities across the country wide-scale adoption of electric vehicles and Chargers is an important factor in meeting global climate change goals as vehicle electrification grows research programs at America's national Laboratories are exploring ways to ensure the safety and security of charging infrastructure

    00:00:47 one promising pilot effort is managed by Doe's office of cyber security energy security and emergency response it's known as electric vehicle secure architecture laboratory demonstrations or EV salad for short led by Idaho National Laboratory EV salad is a multi-year multi-laboratory effort to design and demonstrate proof of concept technology that can detect

    00:01:11 respond to and prevent impacts from cyber attacks on Extreme fast Chargers although rare cyber adversaries have shown the ability to compromise charging stations and electric vehicles this work is helping to ensure EV charging stations have the cyber security protections needed to keep them safe and reliable for consumers researchers from Idaho and Sandia

    00:01:36 National Laboratories in partnership with industry vendors conducted a Cyber attack demonstration in June called a test effect payload the demonstration targeted the internal control Network external communication systems and local interfaces of a commercial grade 350 kilowatt extreme fast charger installed in a laboratory environment

    00:01:59 through cyber exploits the demonstration was designed to compromise the unit's Power Electronics modules and thermal Management Systems altering the information sent to both the vehicle and the consumer however this charger was also equipped with a laboratory designed cyber security solution called the safety instrumented system core the sis core is a patent-pending

    00:02:22 hardware and software interface installed between the charging station and the unit's power cabinet by monitoring communication traffic messages and physical measurements such as electric current voltage and temperature the sis core can detect abnormal behavior further research will show how the technology can respond and mitigate anomalies to minimize or

    00:02:45 nullify negative impacts therefore ensuring continued safe and resilient high power charging for this demonstration multiple categories of cyber exploits were tested against the charging station the sis core successfully detected 75 percent of the eight test effect payload events introduced against the charging station with minimal latency and a zero

    00:03:08 false positive rate threats were detected and numerous alerts and warning messages were displayed on the graphical user interface based on the demonstration researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are working to enhance the anomaly detection capabilities of the sis core for use with the latest

    00:03:27 standardized Communications between the electric vehicle and the extreme fast Chargers the EV salad program is currently planning two additional demonstrations one in a laboratory environment and another using operational high voltage charging infrastructure a related demonstration will show the applicability of the sis core and other

    00:03:49 developed technology to bi-directional charging infrastructure through bold leadership strong Partnerships and sound science the department of energy is advancing America's electric vehicle future