ProSeG – Information Security, Protection and Resilience in Smart Grids is a research project funded by MCTI/CNPq/CT-ENERG # 33/2013. The project started in march 2014 and is targeted at investigating and developing mechanisms and services that can be integrated into a future Smart Grid for addressing stringent security and resilience requirements.

ProSeG’s activities are mainly held in the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). The project comprises a consortium of organisations from industry, academia and energy utilities, with complementary expertise in the area of information security and resilience for Smart Grids.

The members of the consortium are:

• Companhia Estadual de Distribuição de Energia Elétrica do RS (CEEE-D)
• Globosense Brasil
• Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)
• CP Eletrônica

Check out the project’s website for further information: http://labcom.inf.ufrgs.br/proseg/