Enhancing Smart Grid Resilience: An Educational Approach to Smart Grid Cybersecurity Skill Gap Mitigation

Rūta Pirta-Dreimane, Andrejs Romanovs (), Jana Bikovska, Jānis Pekša, Tero Vartiainen, Maria Valliou, Jirapa Kamsamrong and Bahaa Eltahawy
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Rūta Pirta-Dreimane: Information Technology Institute, Riga Technical University, LV-1048 Rīga, Latvia
Andrejs Romanovs: Information Technology Institute, Riga Technical University, LV-1048 Rīga, Latvia
Jana Bikovska: Information Technology Institute, Riga Technical University, LV-1048 Rīga, Latvia
Jānis Pekša: Information Technology Institute, Riga Technical University, LV-1048 Rīga, Latvia
Tero Vartiainen: Computing Sciences Department, School of Technology and Innovations, University of Vaasa, FI-65200 Vaasa, Finland
Maria Valliou: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 157 73 Zografou, Greece
Jirapa Kamsamrong: OFFIS—Institute for Information Technology, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany
Bahaa Eltahawy: Computing Sciences Department, School of Technology and Innovations, University of Vaasa, FI-65200 Vaasa, Finland

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 8, 1-24

Abstract: Cybersecurity competencies are critical in the smart grid ecosystem, considering its growing complexity and expanding utilization. The smart grid environment integrates different sensors, control systems, and communication networks, thus augmenting the potential attack vectors for cyber criminals. Therefore, interdisciplinary competencies are required from smart grid cybersecurity specialists. In the meantime, there is a lack of competence models that define the required skills, considering smart grid job profiles and the technological landscape. This paper aims to investigate the skill gaps and trends in smart grid cybersecurity and propose an educational approach to mitigate these gaps. The educational approach aims to provide guidance for competence-driven cybersecurity education programs for the design, execution, and evaluation of smart grids.

Keywords: smart grid cybersecurity; cybersecurity education; cybersecurity skill gaps; educational approach (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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