Jerusalem, 1 November, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Israeli academic research supported by the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure has received international acclaim, winning the Best Paper Award at the CPSS workshop during the ASIA-CCS conference in Bengaluru, India.
Led by Tel Aviv University, Ben-Gurion University, and the ministry’s cyber lab, the project utilizes artificial intelligence to detect operational technology (OT) anomalies, enabling early identification of cyberattacks on power grids and physical energy assets.
Supported by a 900,000 shekel ($286,220) government grant, the initiative bridges academic innovation with operational needs to secure vital infrastructure during wartime. Crucially, the ministry has approved sharing the study’s anonymized dataset with the global research community to advance power grid cyber defenses worldwide.
