Cyber Resilience Self-Assessment Framework for Virtual Power Plants Researcher

vor 1 Monat


Darmstadt, Hessen, Deutschland Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Vollzeit
Job Description

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is seeking a highly motivated researcher to work on a challenging project focused on cyber resilience of Virtual Power Plants (VPPs). The successful candidate will design, implement, and evaluate a cyber resilience self-assessment framework tailored to the specificities and requirements of VPPs.

Key Responsibilities
  • Conduct a comprehensive literature review to identify existing definitions and metrics of cyber resilience, as well as examine existing approaches to measuring cyber resilience.
  • Develop a weighted cyber resilience model based on the findings from the literature review, utilizing common features and categories across key European and international standards and frameworks.
  • Design and implement a web-based tool for self-assessment of cyber resilience of VPPs, taking into account technical details such as interfaces to various VPP components, protocols for data transmission and analysis, and synergies and conflicts with security- and privacy-by design mechanisms.
  • Evaluate the usefulness, effectiveness, and usability of the developed tool and collect feedback from end-users, analyzing the results and deriving well-founded recommendations for further development and optimization of the tool.
Requirements
  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a comparable subject.
  • Interest in current developments in the field of cyber resilience.
  • Knowledge in the fields of energy systems and software development is advantageous.
  • Interest in interdisciplinary research: Cyber security engineering; Human factors in security and privacy; Usable security and privacy.
  • A high degree of initiative and team spirit.
  • Good language skills in German or English.
What We Offer
  • Professional supervision and collaboration in a dedicated team.
  • Ideal conditions for practical experience alongside your studies.

We value and promote the diversity of competencies of our employees and welcome all applications - regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, worldview, disability, and sexual orientation and identity. Severely disabled persons will be given preference in the case of equal suitability.



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