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Publications

NREL’s Distributed Energy Resource Cybersecurity Framework (DER-CF) publishes a variety of publications related to distributed energy resources (DERs), cybersecurity, and resilience, including journal articles, conference papers, and technical reports.

Dercf fact sheet
Distributed Energy Resource Cybersecurity Framework and Cyber Range Integration

This white paper outlines a plan to integrate the DER-CF with another key asset—NREL’s cyber range—to visualize cybersecurity resilience and compliance, and to enhance the usability and accessibility of the DER-CF for federal facility energy managers and planners.

NREL Technical Report (2022)

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The Distributed Energy Resource Cybersecurity Framework Fact Sheet

This fact sheet overviews the DER-CF, highlighting the need for DER cybersecurity, how the DER-CF works, integration with NREL’s cyber range and the guiding frameworks behind the tool.

NREL Fact Sheet (2022)

Dercf fact sheet
Guide to the Distributed Energy Resource Risk Management Framework

This report aligns with priorities outlined in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Cybersecurity Strategy, highlighting a cybersecurity risk management framework for DERs to prioritize and preserve technology investments, methods to improve responses, and DER cybersecurity solutions.

NREL Technical Report (2022)

Applying the Risk Management Framework: The Distributed Energy Resource Risk Manager, NREL Technical Report (2022)

Cybersecurity Governance, CARILEC CEO’s and Leadership Conference (2022)

Distributed Energy Resource Cybersecurity Research and Development, CEATI Distribution Conference (2022)

The Distributed Energy Resource Risk Manager, NREL Fact Sheet (2022)

Ransomware and Today’s Electric Grid, CARILEC CEO’s and Leadership Conference (2022)

Automation for Distributed Energy Resources Risk Manager Using OSCAL, Open Security Controls Assessments Language Workshop (2021)

Cybersecurity Assessment Tools for Distributed Energy Resources, Energy Exchange Conference (2021)

Distributed Energy Resources Cybersecurity Framework and Risk Manager, RSDE Conference (2021)

Risk Management for Distributed Energy Resources,, Open Security Controls Assessments Language Workshop (2021)