- Location: Seattle, Washington
- Department: Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity (CIAC)
- Direct: 425-352-3746
- Degree Programs: Master in Information Management with Information Security Specialization, Bachelor of Science (BS) in Informatics Focus: Information Assurance & Cybersecurity Option
- Key Contact: Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, Director
- Email: endicott@uw.edu
- Research Areas: Research: Funded Projects, Programs, Publications, IP, Consulting, Directed Research. Outreach: NSA/CAE Regional Resource Center Leader of Federal Committees professionalizing Cybersecurity Lecture Series, Conferences, Competitions
- Utility Work: Tacoma Public Utilities (TPU)
- Other Work: T-Mobile, MicroSoft, Boeing, PNNL, Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER), Washington National Guard, King County IT, Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), University of Hawaii Manoa, Aberyswyth University Wales, Whatcom Community College, Cyberwatch, Cyberwatch West
- Wikipedia link: University of Washington-Wikipedia
- Website: University of Washington
Program Overview:
The Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity (CIAC) is a community of trust that provides a forum and resources, integrating networks of people and institutions engaged in data security and information integrity research, instruction, and development within and beyond the UW system. The CIAC is a diverse academic community interacting with representatives from business, government, and NGOs collaborating on local, regional, national and global issues of Information Assurance, technology and policy. UW CIAC, a catalyst for research, invention, education and, work force development, stimulates public awareness, entrepreneurship, and economic impact in the state of Washington and the Northwest. CIAC encourages resiliency-by-design, and promotes actionable solutions for the most challenging issues of information assurance and cybersecurity. The Center emphasizes participation of underrepresented groups, including women, people of color and veterans.
More than 1,000 companies sell cybersecurity products to electric utilities in the U.S. and Canada. This project is designed to organize and evaluate these vendors, and their products and services, to make it easier for utility companies to make informed decisions on products that meet their specific cybersecurity needs.
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Protect Our Power has identified more than 80 topics related to Best Practices for Cybersecurity Solutions. For each topic, we will provide a short overview, a list of the vendors who provide products or solutions that address that topic, and a link to the university or universities evaluating those vendor offerings.
Universities, colleges and research labs are conducting valuable research on vendor product offerings and solutions that address a broad range of cybersecurity issues and challenges. The results of these analyses are published here and will be updated as new information becomes available.
More than 1,000 suppliers and vendors provide hardware and software solutions to the utility industry to address cybersecurity issues and threats. Those vendors are listed here, grouped according to the cybersecurity topic that their product offerings address.