Technical Assistance & Training
Expert guidance to strengthen and secure modern energy systems.
Join Our AI Readiness Webinar
Organizations across the energy and utility sector are exploring artificial intelligence to improve operations, planning and resilience. Learn how Idaho National Laboratory’s COGNITO AI Readiness Framework helps organizations evaluate AI opportunities, assess risks and determine readiness before implementation.
Join this one-hour webinar for a practical walkthrough of the framework and discover how CSDET can support your organization’s AI adoption journey.
- July 14th, 2026
11am MT | 1pm ET — 60-minute webinar
Who Should Attend:
- Utility and energy organizations
- Cybersecurity, resilience and risk professionals
- State, regional and federal energy stakeholders
Technical Assistance for Energy Systems
We help organizations expand and harden their digital energy infrastructure by assessing current security posture and developing sustainable procurement and planning strategies aligned with national priorities.
Through the TA program, participants receive technical assistance focused on their key topic area. This support is tailored to a rapidly evolving landscape and emerging technologies that enhance grid reliability and efficiency. Participants are guided through a mitigation approach to assess security posture and evaluate supply chain risks and protection options.
Support is available across the following technical assistance areas:
Responsive Technical Assistance
Comprehensive, rapid-response program designed to address urgent grid infrastructure challenges in the United States.
Technical Assistance for Digital Assurance
Ensuring digital capabilities of the grid, modernizing procurement to embed cybersecurity and risk mitigation, and establishing a cybersecurity baseline for critical equipment.
Technical Assistance for Damage Prediction & Resilience
Delivers a unified platform that integrates DOE-funded and commercial tools to improve asset reliability, grid capacity, and resilience to hazards and extreme weather.
Technical Assistance for Large Loads/Data Centers
Focuses on helping utilities and stakeholders integrate these novel, high-demand assets into the grid.
TA Levels of Engagement
Choose the level of support based on your needs, timeline, and scope. Each engagement connects participants with a National Laboratory subject matter expert (SME) focused on their key topic area.
Short Advisory
Questions that can be answered with short and narrow responses and includes the assessment template and related training.
Expert Match
Addresses inquiries requiring increased resources for applicants in the design or contracting stage, including review or development of Cyber-Informed Engineering (CIE) guidance.
Deep Dive
Addresses inquiries that require substantial resources and extended development, including sourcing support, physical equipment assessment, and on-site evaluation for installation or expansion.
Participation & Eligibility
Who Can Apply:
Utilities, states, and local governments—including GRIP and Grid Resilience State/Tribal Formula Grant Program awardees—are eligible to participate.
How to Get Started:
Apply to one of the programs above or contact us to get started: csdet.ta@inl.gov
Workshops & Webinars
Idaho National Laboratory offers virtual and in-person training based on realistic scenarios. INL develops research products that can provide armor, secure communications, and detection for distributed energy resources at implementation.
In-Person Education
OT Defender Fellowship
Hands-on training for securing operational technology systems, focused on identifying vulnerabilities and defending critical infrastructure.
CyberStrike Stormcloud
Immersive cybersecurity training simulating real-world attacks on energy systems to build response and defense capabilities.
Cyber Testing Resilience for Industrial Control Systems (CyTRICS)
Training focused on supply chain cybersecurity, helping assess risks in hardware and software used in energy systems.
On-Demand Training
Webinar: Procurement and Contracting Guidelines
Webinar: What is Cyber-Informed Engineering (CIE) and How to Apply It To Your GRIP Project
Led by Ginger Wright, INL Cyber-Informed Engineering Program Manager, this webinar will provide an exploration of the 12 CIE principles within a fictional microgrid project and will illustrate how CIE can be used from design, throughout the operation of the system.