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ENERGY
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SOCIETY
Abstract: 24-Systems-243
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UNCLASSIFIED, PUBLIC RELEASE
Assessing Time-Out-of-Action on Surrogate Systems
Vigilant Cyber Systems has conducted tests on surrogate hardware targets to assess the human and electronic factors that influence recuperation time following HPM disruption. These tests were conducted with our Toolkit for Assessing Electromagnetic Disruption Recovery (TAEMDR), a software tool designed to simulate HPM effects on hardware systems. We developed test sets encompassing a range of envisioned HPM effect scenarios, simulated these effects on surrogates of an Air Operations Center (AOC) and the electronic components of a combined cycle natural gas power plant, and measured the system and technician response as the systems were restored to operational capacity. The data collected from these tests allows us to place probabilistic bounds on the recuperation time of the target systems when subjected to a range of possible HPM effects. Moreover, detailed analysis of the test results provides insight into the human and electronic factors that have the greatest impact on system time-out-of-action. This brief will provide an overview of our test environment and procedures, present probability distributions of the recuperation times observed under various simulated HPM scenarios, and discuss our observations on how human response impacts the overall time-out-of-action.
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