Aida Akbarzadeh

Aida Akbarzadeh is a Senior Researcher at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), specifically within the Department of Information Security and Communication Technology under the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. Her work focuses on cybersecurity, critical infrastructure protection, and cyber-physical systems (CPS).

• Research Areas: Threat modeling, digital twins for security, dependency-based risk analysis, advanced persistent threats (APT), IT/OT integration, and industrial control system vulnerabilities.
• Publications: Recent work includes studies on automating threat modeling, digital twin applications, APT attacks on power grids, and protocol-specific vulnerabilities (PTP, IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5-104).
• Collaborations: Active in interdisciplinary research with colleagues like Laszlo Erdodi, Siv Houmb, Sokratis Katsikas, and Tore Soltvedt.
• Labs & Groups: Member of the Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Group (CISaR).
• Contact: aida.akbarzadeh@ntnu.no