National & Homeland Security Archives - Idaho National Laboratory

Intern develops technology to find EV charging vulnerabilities

July 18, 2023 7:08 am

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho – Idaho National Laboratory intern Jake Guidry has developed a cybersecurity research tool that could improve the security of electric vehicle charging. INL experts demonstrated the tool to colleagues from Sandia and Pacific Northwest national laboratories on June 7. The AcCCS tool provides access capabilities through CCS (combined charging system) communications protocol. AcCCS (pronounced access) is a combination of hardware

Cybersecurity technologies to star in national lab showcase

February 8, 2023 7:17 pm

A series of free webinars will showcase 12 innovative cybersecurity technologies available for commercial licensing from 10 U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories.

Nuclear forensics team braves winds to learn fallout collection techniques

December 5, 2022 1:18 am

Although the likelihood of a terrorist nuclear attack is extremely low, a lot of work is required to prepare for such an unthinkable event. That’s why a response team assembled by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) recently trained in eastern Idaho’s desert on ways to collect and analyze simulated debris from a nuclear detonation.

INL technology hits the marketplace

November 16, 2022 2:48 pm

The marketplace debut of Idaho National Laboratory’s Colorimetric Detection of Actinides, or CoDeAc, isn’t the finish to the award-winning technology’s story. According to its inventors and now investors, it’s just the beginning of a new chapter.

New framework harnesses multiple cybersecurity tools to protect critical infrastructure

October 27, 2022 1:49 pm

INL collaborated to develop an inexpensive cybersecurity solution that could analyze network traffic and identify malicious code before a cyberattack damages critical infrastructure.

Guarding the breach: Cyber Summer Camp teaches students to think like hackers

October 14, 2022 4:26 pm

At its 2022 Cyber Summer Camp, INL’s Cybercore Integration Center and local education partners gave Idaho high school students a weeklong course in how to think like hackers.

Making a smaller target for hackers: Technology keeps industrial control systems safer by limiting online access

April 17, 2023 11:03 am

You don’t have to be William Tell with a bow and arrow to know that a smaller target is harder to hit. In today’s world of cybersecurity, the fewer opportunities there are for hackers to make trouble, the less chance there is of it happening. OpDefender, an innovation developed at Idaho National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Send in the drones: INL unmanned aerial program offers independent testing and prototyping

September 19, 2022 11:21 pm

For all the sophisticated equipment INL’s Unmanned Aerial Systems team has at its disposal for testing high-tech cameras, radios and sensors, there is still a lot of gearhead ingenuity involved.

Idaho researchers develop tool to help restore electricity after natural disasters

May 9, 2023 12:01 pm

In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast with wind speeds reaching 140 mph, eventually causing more than 1,800 deaths and $1.8 billion in damage. The hurricane also left roughly 3 million people in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Georgia without electricity for up to three weeks. In February 2021, ice storms devastated communities throughout Texas,

CIVET now available for software developers

June 15, 2020 7:35 pm

INL released the Continuous Integration, Verification, Enhancement and Testing tool (Civet), the latest software released free to the public.

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