Smart-Grid Security
Protocol-aware defenses for IEC 61850, DNP3, and modern substation automation.
PhD Researcher · Cyber-Physical Systems Security
Securing the grids and systems that keep civilisation running.
I'm Mamdouh Muhammad — a PhD student and research assistant studying how to detect, model, and defend against cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure, with a focus on smart grids and anomaly detection in industrial control systems.
8
Peer-reviewed papers
3
Years in CPS security
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Curious about ICS
§ About
A researcher at the boundary of code and power systems.
My work sits between computer security, control engineering, and the reality of operational technology. I build detection methods that respect the physics of the systems they observe and evaluate them against adversaries that do too.
I research resilient cyber-physical systems, anomaly detection, and secure operation for modern energy infrastructure, with a practical focus on smart-grid environments and industrial control systems.
For a maintained academic profile, see my CS7 chair profile.
§ Research interests
Four threads, one through-line.
Anomaly Detection
Machine-learning and graph-based detection in SCADA telemetry with attention to false-alarm budgets.
Cyber-Physical Resilience
Modelling, quantifying, and improving the response of power systems to coordinated attacks.
Critical Infrastructure
Threat models, security evaluation, and operational implications for essential infrastructure.
§ Recent
Selected recent work.
- 2025 HyLLM-IDS: A Conceptual Hybrid LLM-Assisted Intrusion Detection Framework for Cyber-Physical Systems International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security (SAFECOMP 2025), Stockholm, Sweden
- 2025 AI-driven Anomaly Detection with ICS Protocols in Smart Grids 2025 IFIP Networking Conference (IFIP Networking 2025), Limassol, Cyprus, May 26-29, 2025
- 2025 AI-Based Anomaly Detection for Enhanced Cybersecurity in IoT Networks 2025 9th Cyber Security in Networking Conference (CSNet 2025)