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Dr Kieran McLaughlin is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT), where he leads research in cyber security for operational technologies (OT). This includes smart grids, industrial control systems (ICS), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), cyber-physical systems, and related critical infrastructure networks. His research interests include threat analysis, intrusion detection and prevention, intrusion response, cyber-physical resilience measures, and security of network protocols such as IEC61850 and IEC60870.
His research activities include a number of significant international projects, including EPSRC CAPRICA (Converged Approach towards Resilient Industrial control systems and Cyber Assurance), EPSRC ADAMA ( Analysing and Detecting Advanced Multi-stage Attacks against ICS) EU FP7 PRECYSE (Prevention, protection and reaction to cyber attacks to critical infrastructures) and EU FP7 SPARKS (Smart Grid Protection Against Cyber Attacks). He is a member of the UK's Research Institute in Trustworthy Industrial Control Systems RITICS.
Teaching
ELE2025 Embedded Systems
ELE8093 Network Security & Monitoring
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Engineering & Materials Science
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Engineering & Materials Science
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Engineering & Materials Science
Testbeds
Engineering & Materials Science
Critical infrastructures
Engineering & Materials Science
Control systems
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Projects 2011 2018
R3924ECI: CSIT Phase 2
McCanny, J. V., Martinez-del-Rincon, J., McLaughlin, K., Miller, P., O'Kane, P., O'Neill, M., O'Sullivan, E., Rafferty, C., Scott-Hayward, S., Sezer, S. & Zhou, H.
03/05/2017 → …
Project: Research
R1518ECI: CSIT 2 - EPSRC / TSB
O'Neill, M., Bustard, J., Cao, X., Farshim, P., Kurugollu, F., Liu, W., McCanny, J. V., McLaughlin, K., Miller, P., O'Kane, P., O'Sullivan, E. & Sezer, S.
23/03/2015 → …
Project: Research
R2179PAI: Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Cybersecurity and Society (LINCS)
McCall, C., Archard, D., Bourne, M., Crookes, D., Dickson, B., Donnan, H., Kurugollu, F., Lisle, D., Liu, W., MacCarthaigh, M., McCanny, J. V., McLaughlin, K., Miller, P., Morison, J., O'Neill, M., Sezer, S. & Walker, T.
18/12/2014 → …
Project: Research
R1594ECI: Analysing and Detecting Advanced Multistage Attacks Against ICS
13/01/2016 → 30/09/2018
Project: Research
R1452ECI: Converged Approach towards Resilient Industrial control systems and Cyber Assurance
Sezer, S., Laverty, D., McLaughlin, K., McLoone, S. & Morrow, D. J.
01/08/2014 → 31/12/2017
Project: Research
Research Output 2006 2019
Enforcing Policy-Based Security Models for Embedded SoCs within the Internet of Things
Hagan, M., Siddiqui, F. M., Sezer, S., Kang, B. & McLaughlin, K., 24 Jan 2019, IEEE International Conference on Secure and Dependable Systems: Proceedings. Kaohsiung, Taiwan: IEEE , 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Open Access
File
Ecosystems
Firmware
Programmable logic controllers
Internet of things
Life cycle
ICS Interaction Testbed: A Platform for Cyber-Physical Security Research
Hui, H., Maynard, P. & McLaughlin, K., Sep 2019, 6th International Symposium for ICS & SCADA Cyber Security Research 2019: Proceedings. BCS, p. 89-96 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Open Access
File
Testbeds
Programmable logic controllers
Network architecture
Control systems
Intrusion Resilience for PV Inverters in a Distribution Grid Use-Case Featuring Dynamic Voltage Control
Kang, B., Umsonst, D., Faschang, M., Seitl, C., Friedberg, I., Kupzog, F., Sandberg, H. & McLaughlin, K., Jul 2019, (Accepted).Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Intrusion detection
Voltage control
Controllers
Communication
Electric potential
A Modular Phasor Measurement Unit Design featuring Open Data Exchange Methods
Laverty, D. M., Hastings, J., Morrow, D. J., Khan, R., McLaughlin, K. & Sezer, S., 01 Feb 2018, Proceedings of the Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), 2017. IEEE , 5 p. (IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting: Proceedings).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Open Access
File
Phasor measurement units
Electronic data interchange
Interchanges
Communication
An Open Framework for Deploying Experimental SCADA Testbed Networks
Maynard, P., McLaughlin, K. & Sezer, S., Aug 2018, 5th International Symposium for ICS & SCADA Cyber Security Research 2018: Proceedings. BCS, p. 92-101 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Open Access
File
Testbeds
Data acquisition
Actuators
Automation
Network protocols
Activities 2012 2018
CAPRICA – A Testbed Demonstrating A Cyber-Secure Synchronous Power Island
Kieran McLaughlin (Advisor)16 Oct 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
Invited Talk: Cyber Security and Global Technologies
Kieran McLaughlin (Keynote speaker)13 Oct 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
HEA National Conference for Learning and Teaching in Cyber Security
Kieran McLaughlin (Participant)Apr 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Cyber Security CPD for Industry Professionals
Kieran McLaughlin (Host)2017 → …
Activity: Consultancy types › CPD delivery/organisation of courses for externals (in kind)
Privacy, Security and Trust 2018 (Event)
Kieran McLaughlin (Peer reviewer)2017 → 2018
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity