Energy

As a critical infrastructure, the energy sector is particularly vulnerable, as cyber-attacks can cause massive economic damage.

ATHENE is developing practical security solutions for a more resilient energy supply - from attack detection and smart home systems to helping energy suppliers implement NIS2-compliant security measures.

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Start of German-Israeli research cooperation

Together with Israeli scientists, we are researching pressing cyber security issues in the energy sector.

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Our Projects

Our projects address key cyber security challenges in the energy sector.

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Accepted Papers

We present our research results at high-profile conferences in front of an inter­national audience.

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Publications

Ansätze zur Unter­stütz­ung eines hohen Cybersicherheitsniveaus im Energiesektor – Teilautomatisierte Verifizierung von Vorgaben des NIS-2-Umsetzungs- und Cybersicherheitsstärkungsgesetzes
Soni Wadud Bakhtawer Rathore
Aktuelle Ent­wicklungen des Rechtsrahmens der Cybersicherheit und Privatheit, 2025, p.127-153

Cybersicherheit im Energiesektor – Herausforderungen bei der praktischen Umsetzung des geplanten § 5c Energiewirtschaftsgesetzes
Dominik Appelt; Matthias Enzmann; Annika Selzer
Da­ten­schutz und Datensicherheit (DuD), 2025, p.379-383

Einordnung wesen­tlicher und wichtiger Einrichtungen nach der NIS-2-Richtlinie – eine Betrachtung mit Schwerpunkt auf dem Energiesektor
Mark J. Hardt
Aktuelle Ent­wicklungen des Rechtsrahmens der Cybersicherheit und Privatheit, 2025, p.109-125

Meldung von Sicherheitsvorfällen: Meldepflichten der NIS-2-RL und des BSIG-E mit Fokus auf dem Energiesektor
Mark J. Hardt; Sarah Stummer
Da­ten­schutz und Datensicherheit (DuD), 2025

Neue cybersicherheitsrechtliche Anforderungen im Energiesektor – Die Verordnung über Cyberresilienz und die NIS-2-Richtlinie im Überblick
Dominik Appelt; Marina Steenbergen
GI Informatik 2025, 2025, p.223-227

Advanced Persistent Threat Attack Detection Systems: A Review of Approaches, Challenges, and Trends
Robin Buchta; George Gkoktsis; Felix Heine; Carsten Kleiner
Digital Threats, 2024

Exploring Cyber Threats based on Harmonic Distortions: A Testbed to analyze Attack Scenarios
Adeel Jamal; Michael Wolff; Gerd Griepentrog; Benedikt Grüger; Kirill Kuroptev; Florian Steinke
2024 Energy Conversion Congress \& Expo Europe (ECCE Europe), 2024, p.1-6

Generative AI and Gametheory for the development and deployment of Honeypots to enhance the Security of Industrial Automation and Control Systems
Ludger Peters; Georgios Gkoktsis
INFORMATIK 2024, 2024, p.1905-1916

SECURA: Unified Reference Architecture for Advanced Security and Trust in Safety Critical Infrastructures
Michael Eckel; Sigrid Gürgens
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, 2024

The Cyber Safe Position: An STPA for Safety, Security, and Resilience Co-Engineering Approach
Georgios Gkoktsis; Ludger Peters
Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, 2024

Admissible Control Laws for Constrained Linear Power Flow: The General Case
Edwin Mora; Florian Steinke
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2023, Vol.39, p.658-670

Coordinated cyber attacks on smart grids considering software supply chains
Kirill Kuroptev; Florian Steinke
2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe (ISGT EUROPE), 2023, p.1-5

Metrikensysteme als Beitrag zur Umsetzung des risikobasierten Ansatzes
Tanya Gärtner; Annika Selzer

Power blackout: Citizens’ contribution to strengthen urban resilience
Michèle Knodt; Anna Stöckl; Florian Steinke; Martin Pietsch; Gerrit Hornung; Jan-Philipp Stroscher
Energy Policy, 2023, Vol.174, p.113433

Risk Assessments in Virtual Power Plants with NESCOR Criteria, Practical Application, Advantages and Disadvantages
Georgios Gkoktsis; Hagen Lauer; Lukas Jaeger
Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, 2023

Towards Mission Aware Cyber-Resiliency with Autonomous Agents
Georgios Gkoktsis; Hagen Lauer; Lukas Jäger
Proceedings of the 2023 Australasian Computer Science Week, 2023, p.36–39

Assessing the cyber threat landscape for virtual power plants
George Gkoktsis
Latin-American Journal of Computing, 2022, Vol.9

Digitalisierung des Energiesystems-14 Thesen zum Erfolg
Jonathan Bergsträßer; George Gkoktsis; Tilo Hirsch; Stefan Klaiber; Marian Klobasa; Robert Kohrs; Hagen Lauer; Steffen Nicolai; Thomas Offergeld; Linda Rülicke; others

Local Power Grids at Risk – An Experimental and Si­mu­la­tion-based Analysis of Attacks on Vehicle-To-Grid Communication
Maria Zhdanova; Julian Urbansky; Anne Hagemeier; Daniel Zelle; Isabelle Herrmann; Dorian Höffner
Proceedings of the 38th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference, 2022, p.42–55

Chances and Limitations of Personal and Anonymized Data Processing
Annika Selzer; Ingo J. Timm

Microgrid Systems: Towards a Technical Performance Assessment Frame
Sophie Marchand; Cristian Monsalve; Thorsten Reimann; Wolfram Heckmann; Jakob Ungerland; Hagen Lauer; Stephan Ruhe; Christoph Krauß
Energies, 2021, Vol.14