For months, U.S. officials have been sniffing out malicious computer code that they suspect to be planted inside the power grid and communication control systems on U.S. military bases.
Virginia Tech researchers already are working on a plan to secure future military base power grid operations and their critical missions from such threats.
“The recent string of malware cases is a wake-up call to U.S. military forces that installations in the U.S. could be neutralized without a shot being fired,” said Ali Mehrizi-Sani, associate professor in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Alongside Jeffrey Reed, the Willis G. Worcester Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mehrizi-Sani is working to secure power grid communication systems for military base installations.
“The general idea is to coordinate backup power generation through a…
