ITI

What ITI does

The Information Trust Institute (ITI) is a research institute within The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that develops cybersecurity technologies for critical infrastructure, with primary focus on energy delivery systems (electric power grid and oil & gas infrastructure). Founded in 2004 under William H. Sanders, ITI combines computer security and power-systems engineering to produce research technologies including FAAS (Fast Authentication with Aggregate Signatures), ADNA (anomaly detection for SCADA), CyPhyR (cyber-physical resiliency), ExSol (risk assessment), Möbius and UltraSAN (performance and dependability modeling), and TSV (trusted safety verifier). ITI anchors the Cyber Resilient Energy Delivery Consortium (CREDC), a $28.1 million DOE/DHS-funded program comprising 12 universities and national laboratories that continues the earlier $18.4 million TCIPG (2009) program, and operates the DARPA-funded $18.7 million CEER testbed. The institute is also an NSA-designated Center for Cyber Defense Education and Research and runs the Illinois Cyber Security Scholars Program (ICSSP).

Name

ITI

Legal name

Information Trust Institute

Website

https://iti.illinois.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

ITI is a University of Illinois research institute developing cybersecurity technologies for critical infrastructure, primarily energy delivery systems, through federally-funded research, the 12-institution CREDC consortium, and licensing arrangements such as NP-View with Network Perception.

Ownership category

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Product category

Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Research

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Other Computer Related Services (541519), Computer Training (611420)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) & NERC-CIP Compliance (HDADAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cybersecurity Infrastructure for Campuses (Firewalls, SIEM tooling, Endpoint Mgmt) (EDAEAHAH), Cybersecurity (General) (EDAOAIAB), Information Technology (IT) & Cybersecurity Certifications (EDAAANAA), Insider Threat Program Design & Risk Assessments (BPAKADAM)

Keywords

• Critical infrastructure cybersecurity
• Energy delivery security
• SCADA network protection
• Cyber-physical systems
• Grid security research

Headquarters

HQ city

Urbana

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Federal Research Grants: Primary funding from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for cybersecurity research focused on critical infrastructure protection. The $28.1 million CREDC initiative is funded by DOE and DHS. Previous TCIPG initiative was funded with $18.4 million from DOE Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability and DHS.
2. DARPA Contracts: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency funding for specific technology development projects such as the $18.7 million CEER testbed development grant.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Information Trust Institute is a university research institute that conducts research and develops cybersecurity technologies for critical infrastructure—primarily energy delivery systems (electric grid and oil & gas). It builds research tools such as anomaly detection systems, cryptographic authentication schemes, risk-assessment frameworks, and cyber-physical resiliency testbeds, and transitions them to industry through licensing, the CREDC consortium, and workforce-development education programs.

Product overview

The Information Trust Institute operates as a research institute focused on cybersecurity for critical infrastructure, particularly energy delivery systems. ITI does not offer commercial products but develops research technologies and frameworks through the Cyber Resilient Energy Delivery Consortium (CREDC). The portfolio includes anomaly detection tools (ADNA), cryptographic authentication systems (FAAS), risk assessment platforms (ExSol), cyber-physical resiliency frameworks (CyPhyR), and security monitoring/visualization tools (NP-View, Security Monitoring Evaluation Tool). These research outputs target power grid operators, utilities, and industrial control system operators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CREDC: Cyber Resilient Energy Delivery Consortium - a multi-university research initiative devoted to enhancing the security and reliability of energy delivery systems, particularly in the electric grid and oil & gas sectors
• ICSSP
• NSA Center for Cyber Defense Education and Research

Products and services

• ADNA: Anomaly Detection aNd Analysis Tool Online, context-aware, intelligent framework for anomaly detection and analysis in SCADA networks used by energy delivery system operators and utilities; aggregates multi-level alerts into ranked meta-alerts.
• FAAS: Fast Authentication with Aggregate Signatures Fast digital signature scheme for time-sensitive energy delivery systems, offering improved provable security and smaller private key sizes than prior SCRA schemes; targets command, control, and measurement authentication in EDS.
• CyPhyR: Cyber-Physical Resiliency Framework Framework for assessing and improving cyber-physical resiliency of energy delivery systems through experimentation and evaluation; available to utilities and grid operators for resilience research.
• ExSol: Risk Assessment Ecosystem for EDS Risk-assessment ecosystem that helps utilities establish baseline resilience metrics for bulk power systems.
• NP-View Network Security Visualization Tool Commercially available security visualization and network-policy analysis tool developed by Network Perception (a startup co-founded by William H. Sanders); sold to enterprises for visualizing and analyzing network security policies.
• CEER: Cyber-Physical Experimentation Environment for RADICS Testbed DARPA-funded $18.7M testbed that enables researchers to validate new technologies and provide faster response and recovery following attacks on the electric grid; targets defense and grid-security stakeholders.
• Non-Credit Certificate in Cybersecurity Educational program offering cybersecurity training courses to Non-UIUC students; leads to a non-credit certificate and serves workforce-development needs for the energy-sector cybersecurity community.
• OpenAMPERe Technology Transition Initiative Technology transition initiative for advancing cybersecurity solutions in critical infrastructure by transitioning ITI research outputs to industry deployment.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% event detection accuracy at information and decision point levels for TEDDI tamper detection system
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature10 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Claroty: Claroty provides cybersecurity solutions for OT, IoT, and industrial control systems in critical infrastructure including energy, oil & gas, and utilities. It directly competes in the same end-customer segment (utility security teams) and overlaps significantly with ITI's research domains of SCADA protection and EDS protocol security.
• Idaho National Laboratory (INL): INL is a Department of Energy national laboratory with a leading program in critical infrastructure and grid cybersecurity, conducting research and training on SCADA and industrial control system security. ITI and INL frequently collaborate (e.g., the recent DOE training exercise on Plum Island), making INL the closest operational peer in the same mission space.
• Nozomi Networks: Nozomi Networks specializes in OT and IoT cybersecurity for critical infrastructure, including energy and utilities, with monitoring, anomaly detection, and visibility solutions. It is a direct competitor in commercialized SCADA and ICS anomaly detection, the same technical area as ITI's ADNA tool.
• Dragos: Dragos is a commercial OT/ICS cybersecurity company specializing in industrial control system security for the energy sector, including utilities and power grid operators. It directly addresses the same threat domain as ITI's research (SCADA, anomaly detection, risk assessment) but as a venture-backed product company rather than a research institute.
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL): PNNL operates one of DOE's foremost grid cybersecurity and OT/ICS security research programs, including power system protection and control security. As a fellow DOE-funded national laboratory peer, PNNL directly competes for federal grid cybersecurity research dollars and partners with similar utility stakeholders.

Broad incumbents

• Tenable (OT Security): Tenable provides industrial cybersecurity and exposure management solutions with strong penetration into the energy and utility OT security market. It is a broad incumbent that competes with ITI's research themes (risk assessment, vulnerability analysis) via a commercial product platform used by many of the same utility customers.
• MITRE Corporation: MITRE operates federally funded R&D centers (FFRDCs) addressing critical infrastructure cybersecurity, including threat-informed defense and standards for the energy sector. As a larger, established nonprofit research organization, MITRE is a broad incumbent peer with overlapping mission and federal funding sources.
• Sandia National Laboratories: Sandia performs broad-scale national security research including critical infrastructure cybersecurity for the power grid. As a much larger federally funded research center, Sandia is an incumbent in the same overall mission space with overlapping capabilities but a wider portfolio than ITI's energy-focused scope.

Regional players

• Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL): SEL designs and manufactures digital protective relays, communications, and grid automation products with embedded cybersecurity features for the power industry. It operates as a US-based energy cybersecurity player that integrates protection directly into grid equipment, making it a product-side peer to ITI's grid-focused research.

Emerging players

• Galois: Galois applies formal methods, applied research, and advanced cybersecurity for critical infrastructure and defense applications. It is an emerging player that overlaps with ITI in developing novel security technologies (e.g., formal verification, secure parsers) for high-assurance systems.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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