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• Six universities will receive funding to partner with industry stakeholders and DOE National Laboratories for cybersecurity research and training development.
• Selected centers will focus on researching cybersecurity capabilities tailored to each region's electricity system, infrastructure, and workforce skills.
• Specific projects include isolating and mitigating cyberattacks on distributed energy resources, improving grid resilience, assessing protection effectiveness using digital twins, resolving cybersecurity issues in DER and microgrids, and implementing a moving target defense technique.
• The centers will also provide cybersecurity education programs to train energy professionals on protecting critical infrastructure from cyber threats.