RSE has developed expertise in monitoring ICT infrastructure for energy control and analyzing attack processes and defensive measures based on cryptographic algorithms and Artificial Intelligence techniques. Activities include emulation of attack processes on communication channels and critical nodes of control systems, implementation of preventive measures to ensure data integrity and confidentiality, and defensive measures to identify anomalies and react to ongoing attacks. 

The tests focus on OT communications used by supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems to control smart power grids. These systems must ensure continuous, authentic, and intact communication of data critical to energy operations and respond quickly to attacks by implementing defense strategies. 

The laboratory uses tools and platforms to verify compliance with device security requirement standards, test the performance of security solutions and algorithms integrated into IT/OT/IoT architectures, simulate data flows and attack situations, assess their likelihood of success, detect cyber anomalies, and prevent the propagation of attacks in progress. To assess the impact of attacks on energy control, the laboratory develops cyber-physical resilience scenarios by integrating IT/OT platforms with electrical simulators.