PhD Candidate in Reference Systems for a Cyber-physical Range - SFI NORCICS

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At the Department of Information Security and Communication Technology (IIK) we have a vacancy for a PhD Candidate in "Reference Systems for a Cyber-physical Range".

For a position as a PhD candidate, the goal is a completed doctoral education up to an obtained doctoral degree. 

Cyber Physical Systems constitute the core of Critical Infrastructures, yet their architectural and operational characteristics are not thoroughly captured by contemporary cyber ranges, which are commonly narrow in scope or purposefully aligned with subsections of specific target systems. The anticipated use of the physical reference environments investigated, modelled, and integrated in this work will be twofold, namely as demonstrators for education and dissemination, but also as testbeds for activities related to research and training. 

The research will be carried out within the context of SFI NORCICS , the research-based innovation Norwegian Center for Cybersecurity in Critical Sectors. These sectors include electricity production and distribution, oil & gas production and distribution, manufacturing, healthcare, industrial production, smart districts. NORCICS follows a holistic, comprehensive and systemic approach addressing people, processes and technology to protect critical sectors throughout the cybersecurity core functions (identify, protect, detect, respond, recover). NORCICS has partners from academia, research, the public sector and the industry.

The position's working place is NTNU campus in Gjøvik. You will report to the Head of the Department.