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Monitoring control systems INL is developing software tools that can help utilities improve cybersecurity situational awareness of the industrial control systems that run industrial infrastructure. One of the tools being developed is the Sophia tool. It monitors network traffic and extracts the source destination and conversations between control system components to alert users to suspect activity. The Sophia software is connected passively to minimize impact to the production control system operation and it can be implemented on any control system installation. Energy sector utilities comprise most of the 13 entities currently participating in beta testing. Expanding spectrum usage INL has developed a wireless technology platform that expands use of the available radio frequency spectrum while offering a secure efficient nearly undetectable communication channel that operates below the noise floor. The technology identifies and utilizes available spaces in the radio frequency spectrum that are not occupied by other signals. A novel method for spreading the transmission signal enables its receiver to avoid frequency spectra that are plagued with interference. The technology also addresses continued commercial expansion while simultaneously serving the needs of national security public safety natural disaster response and other crucial next-generation communication systems. As the nation looks to developing new and innovative technology to make the most efficient use of scarce spectrum resources we feel that INL would be an ideal proving ground and could play an essential role in the development of a national-level spectrum-sharing wireless test bed. Andrew Clegg and Byron Barker co-chairs of the Wireless Spectrum RD Senior Steering Group National Coordination Office for Networking and Information Technology RD The Sophia tool developed at INL includes a navigable 3D visualization left of network data conversations. 29