Guest Editorial Special Section on Cybersecurity of Power Electronics Through Hardware Hardening

Cybersecurity is becoming a household word in all parts of the developed world because of the headline-grabbing incidents that have occurred over the past five years. These incidents have been perpetrated on the retail industry, banking, health care, water supply, electric power grid, and many more. The term ransomware, where the ultimate attack is coupled with a monetary demand before the attacker releases a locked out system, has also become an infamous term associated with cybersecurity. As awareness has increased, so has the sophistication of the attacks.