Security, in all forms, can thrive through innovation. With a mission scope that encompasses technology, energy, science, and nuclear security, the Department of Energy (DOE) has been on the forefront of producing ground-breaking solutions to safeguard our nation’s precious resources.

DOE is working to develop and pioneer the next generation of technology solutions to protect our critical infrastructure. The Department’s recent accomplishments are reflective of a strong partnership between the federal DOE leadership and the Department’s National Laboratory partners across the country. These accomplishments span multiple areas from developing and piloting cutting-edge technologies to implementing new ways to protect the nation’s energy assets:

• DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability-designed Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems (CEDS) program helps protect the energy sector (electric, oil, and gas) against cybersecurity attacks. 
• DOE’s Sandia National Laboratory has been a leader in Cybersecurity by developing protective technologies, conducting threat assessments, and analyzing the security of government, military, and civilian computer networks. Sandia’s Cyber Engineering Research Institute (CERI) focuses on exploratory research in cybersecurity and facilitates partnerships with academia and industry in order to push the frontiers of science and grow the next generation of cybersecurity talent.
• DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is developing Intrinsically Secure Computing (ISC) that involves next-generation software and systems that will inherently respond to and defend themselves against internal and external threats.
• DOE’s Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) received a National Cyber Security Innovation Award for a leap forward in Cloud Security. LANL’s virtual Infrastructure on Demand (IoD) solution has delivered 100 percent Return on Investment (ROI) in just nine months with only 20 percent of its Cloud capacity utilized.  The virtualized approach saves 2.1 million KW hours a year, which is the equivalent to powering approximately 240 houses for a year. 

Building upon these successes, the Department of Energy will continue to foster a spirit of cybersecurity vigilance to enable continued innovation to help solve our nation’s critical energy security challenges.