rEsilient and seLf-healed EleCTRical pOwer Nanogrid
ELECTRON is a Horizon 2020 project that aims to strengthen the cybersecurity and resilience of European electrical power and energy systems (EPES). The project develops an integrated cybersecurity framework to help energy infrastructure operators identify vulnerabilities, detect cyber threats and respond effectively to attacks that could disrupt electricity services.
ELECTRON combines advanced cybersecurity technologies, artificial intelligence, federated learning and collaborative risk management to improve the protection of interconnected energy infrastructures. Its solutions support threat detection, secure system operations and coordinated responses to cyber incidents, while addressing the challenges posed by distributed energy resources and increasingly digitalised electricity networks. Through large-scale pilot demonstrations, the project evaluates these technologies in operational environments, contributing to more secure and resilient energy systems.
MetaMind Innovations (MINDS) contributes to the ELECTRON project through its expertise in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and federated learning. As leader of Task 4.3 – AI-assisted IDPS Using Federated Learning, MINDS leads the development of AI-assisted intrusion detection and prevention capabilities for electrical power and energy systems. A key contribution is the Federated BOX (F-BOX), a federated learning-based solution designed to detect and distinguish between different types of cyberattacks while supporting collaborative threat detection.
MINDS also supports the project’s technical and scientific management under WP1 and contributes to WP2 activities involving user and system requirements, architecture design, demonstration scenarios and evaluation KPIs. Its technical involvement extends to collaborative risk management, honeynet technologies and the integration of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) within the ELECTRON architecture.
In addition, MINDS contributes to platform integration and functional testing under WP8, as well as the deployment, testing and demonstration of ELECTRON components across pilot sites under WP9. Through these activities, MINDS supports the development and validation of cybersecurity solutions that strengthen the protection and resilience of energy infrastructures.
