The University of New Mexico New Mexico Surety Task Force Panel on Cyber Security “High Power Electromagnetic Threats to the Civilian Infrastructure -

The University of New Mexico

New Mexico Surety Task ForcePanel on Cyber Security

“High Power Electromagnetic Threats to the Civilian Infrastructure - A New Concern for a New Age”

T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E W M E X I C O

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

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“High Power Electromagnetic Threats to the Civilian Infrastructure - A New Concern for a New Age”

Professor Edl SchamilogluDepartment of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM 87131505/[email protected], Institute for Infrastructure Suretyhttp://www.ece.unm.edu/ifis

A copy of this presentation can be downloaded from :www.ece.unm.edu/ifis/news.htm



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The Problem

“The increasing complexity and interconnectedness of energy, telecommunications, transportation, and financial infrastructures pose new challenges for secure, reliable management and operation.1”

“Complex interactive networks are omnipresent and critical to economic and social well-being.1”

[1] M. Amin, “National Infrastructures as Complex Interactive Networks,” Chapter 14 in Automation, Control, and Complexity: An Integrated Approach, T. Samad and J. Weyrauch, Eds. (John Wiley and Sons, NY, 2000).



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IEEE SPECTRUMNov. 2003

The Threat



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Terminology

HPM is loosely applied to both narrowband and ultra-wideband high power microwave systems. This is DoD usage.

In the civilian standards community IEMI (Intentional Electromagnetic Interference) is used synonymously with HPM.



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Block-Diagram of a Narrowband HPM System



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Block-Diagram of an UWB HPM System



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HPM threats are similar to the nuclear EMP threat, except that protection protocols developed against it are ineffective against HPM.



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RANETS-E (Russia)

• 500 MW, X-band•Pulse length 10-20 ns• 500 Hz• Average output power 2.5 – 5 kW• Antenna gain 45 – 50 dB• < 5000 kg• Volume < 9 x 3 x 2 m2

Foreign Threats



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Countries developing such threats

Other activity ongoing in:• Russia• Ukraine• Great Britain • Germany• France• Sweden• South Africa• Netherlands• China• Taiwan• Israeland others…

There is a danger of proliferation of these sources.



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What facilities in New Mexico arevulnerable to such threats?

• Civil aviation (the Sunport and all other airports, FAA sites, etc.)

• Power grid

• Vehicles in the state (trucking, buses, state police, border, etc.)

• Banking

• Water (reservoirs, irrigation, dams, etc.)

• Communications

• Internet

• Essentially any infrastructure that operates using microprocessors, computers, sensors, and controllers!



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New Mexico should lead theNation in dealing with this threat



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• HPM threats against the civilian infrastructure is yet another scenario that organizations need to be aware of and plan for.

• Standards for hardening against such threats are only now being drafted, yet may be difficult to implement.

• Just as Moore’s Law predicts future enhancements of processor speeds, and just as we become increasingly reliant on wireless technologies, we are becoming increasingly vulnerable to HPM threats.

• Our increasingly “Linked*” technological infrastructure also increases our vulnerability to HPM threats.*Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Linked (Plume, Penguin Group, New York, NY, 2003).

Conclusions

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The University of New Mexico New Mexico Surety Task Force Panel on Cyber Security “High Power Electromagnetic Threats to the Civilian Infrastructure -