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Blockchain cybersecurity audit platform

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1998271
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A cybersecurity distributed ledger is provided herein for managing, tracking, auditing, and securing assets in a power infrastructure. The cybersecurity distributed ledger may include a blockchain, and may combine with smart contract or smart negotiation technology, such as in a permissioned proof of authority blockchain. The cybersecurity distributed ledger may manage the complete life cycle of a grid asset, from asset requirement and specification, through production, testing, deployment, maintenance, and retirement. The cybersecurity distributed ledger may create an immutable record of the grid asset, which may be audited for regulatory compliance or build or development compliance. Further, the cybersecurity distributed ledger may store unique identifying information for a grid asset, which may be used to detect a security breach or other tampering with a grid asset. The cybersecurity distributed ledger may also track control or ownership of the grid asset, as well as changes or updates to the grid asset.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
Patent Number(s):
11,621,973
Application Number:
16/503,038
OSTI ID:
1998271
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (6)

Blockchain: A path to grid modernization and cyber resiliency conference September 2017
Keyless Signature Blockchain Infrastructure: Facilitating NERC CIP Compliance and Responding to Evolving Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities to Energy Infrastructure conference April 2018
Keyless Signatures’ Infrastructure: How to Build Global Distributed Hash-Trees book January 2013
Blockchain for Supply Chain Cybersecurity, Optimization and Compliance conference August 2018
Blockchain for smart grid resilience: Exchanging distributed energy at speed, scale and security conference September 2017
Toward an ontology‐driven blockchain design for supply‐chain provenance journal January 2018

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