Cyber-Physical Security
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BAS/CS™: Behavioral Alerting Sets for Control Systems
APL developed an advanced cybersecurity solution to detect real threats while reducing false alarms.
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BAS/CS™: Behavioral Alerting Sets for Control Systems
MOSAICS: Cyber Defense for Industrial Control Systems
APL is leading the development of the first-ever comprehensive, integrated, and automated solution for industrial control system cybersecurity.
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MOSAICS: Cyber Defense for Industrial Control Systems
Johns Hopkins APL Named a Fast Company Most Innovative Company for 2026 Mar 25, 2026
Johns Hopkins APL has been named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026, ranking 13 in the Security category for developing cybersecurity tools to protect industrial control systems that power essential services such as electricity, water, and transportation.
Standardizing Cyber Analytics to Secure Critical Infrastructure Oct 7, 2025
A Johns Hopkins APL team has developed a framework for standardizing alerts transmitted by cybersecurity systems defending critical infrastructure, dramatically improving the efficiency with which they respond to potential attacks.
Developing Cybersecurity Solutions for Industrial Infrastructures Apr 19, 2023
Johns Hopkins APL has developed a cost-effective cyber-physical security situational awareness capability for industrial control systems and tested it at a local water treatment plant. This solution combines network fingerprinting, host-based monitoring, digital twin technology, and advanced event correlation and alerting to provide an operator with a detailed understanding of their systems.
Creating a New Cybersecurity Paradigm for a Cloud-Based World Jan 10, 2023
Scientists, mathematicians and engineers at APL are building a new cybersecurity paradigm that’s suited to the realities of how computing and collaborating are done in the 21st century. Their work has applications in health care, weapons systems and space, as well as in protecting critical infrastructure and industry generally.
With MOSAICS, Johns Hopkins APL Brings the Future of Industrial Cybersecurity into Focus Apr 5, 2022
APL, in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory, is leading the development of the first-ever comprehensive, integrated and automated solution for industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity.
Novel Technologies Bolster Cybersecurity at Water Treatment Plants May 19, 2021
Johns Hopkins APL is designing cost-effective cyberdefense technologies that are strong enough to repel serious cyberattacks but affordable enough to be purchased and easily implemented by the nation’s diverse industrial control system operators, including at water treatment facilities.