Orientation for secure digitalisation
CloudEnerChain works toward a clearer connection between digital innovation and security requirements in power grids
Perspectives
CloudEnerChain focuses on practical value and transferability
The focus is on interoperability, practical value and perspectives for future use in power-grid operations
Foundations for interoperable integration layers
The project addresses how data and systems can collaborate reliably across vendor and technology boundaries
Impulses for monitoring and digital applications
Observability, attack detection and digital applications are treated as a connected future perspective
Practice-oriented transfer perspectives
Simulation, lab environments and practical settings are used to derive robust entry points for future real-world uptake
Potential for practice
Three directions of impact are central
Vendor-agnostic system integration
A technology-open metadata model based on IEC 61850/IEC 61970 and standardised interfaces reduce integration effort, prevent vendor lock-in and enable seamless data exchange between IEDs, SCADA systems and cloud platforms across system and organisational boundaries
Strengthened resilience against cyberattacks
HSM-based trust anchors, TCN implementation and AI-powered anomaly and attack detection at critical endpoints (RTUs, gateways) increase resilience of KRITIS infrastructure against targeted cyberattacks and compromised devices in the field
Operational value for grid operators
Monitoring and assistance systems with aggregated real-time data, together with value-added services for load management and flexibility control of distributed resources, deliver concrete operational benefits, validated in real field test environments at urban grid operators
Transfer
Research creates impact when results connect to existing structures
CloudEnerChain combines technical foundations with the question of how results can be integrated into existing operational and technology landscapes.
This includes robust interfaces, traceable security concepts and perspectives for future use across the utility sector.