Frank den Hartog | Research Chair in Critical Infrastructure
University of Canberra

Frank den Hartog is a professor at the University of Canberra, where he holds the Cisco Research Chair in Critical Infrastructure. His research is focused on security, reliability, and interoperability in cyber-physical systems used in critical infrastructure. Before coming to Australia in 2016 and starting an associate professorship at the University of New South Wales, he was a Senior Innovator at the Dutch Organisation for Applied Research TNO. From 2012-2016 he was Chair of the Technical Working Group of the worldwide Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) telecommunications industry standardisation body. Before joining TNO in 2003, he worked for the Dutch incumbent telecom operator KPN, where he pioneered the home networking and Internet-of-Things research area. He co-authored 80 academic papers, 25 patent applications, and 7 international telecommunications standards.

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Day 1 @ 12:20

Enhancing cyber security of critical infrastructure

Over the past decades, our critical infrastructure has increasingly become privatised, softwarised, interconnected and interdependent. A major impact of this trend is an increased attack surface, with multiple examples of attacks and outages all over the world. However, software is not just the problem but also the solution. This presentation will explain that it is availability that defines infrastructure as critical, but also that availability is still the least understood concept in the well-known CIA triad of cyber security. At the Innovation Central Canberra, we started an open research program in the context of the National Industry Innovation Network, focussing on cyber security of critical infrastructure and with Zero-Trust Architectures as a key pillar.

Frank den Hartog, Research Chair in Critical Infrastructure, University of Canberra

last published: 22/Jul/24 06:25 GMT

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