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Diploma in Resilience and Contingency Management with DT

Online postgraduate diploma of 800 hours in resilience and contingency management with digital twins: 8 modules covering critical infrastructure resilience under Directive (EU) 2022/2557 and NIS2, digital twins for contingencies, contingency analysis, infrastructure interdependencies, emergency and restoration plans, resilience optimisation and cybersecurity, with an assigned technical tutor.

Duration6–8 months
ModeOnline
LanguageEnglish
Start datesSet by the faculty
AwardSEIUM Institute diploma
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Learning outcomes

What you will be able to do

01

Apply resilience concepts and metrics to critical infrastructures.

02

Build digital twins for contingency analysis.

03

Analyse contingencies, cascading failures and stability.

04

Model interdependencies between infrastructures.

05

Design simulation-supported emergency and restoration plans.

06

Optimise investment in resilience measures.

07

Integrate cybersecurity into resilient operation.

Profile

Who it's for

  • Infrastructure resilience engineers protecting energy, water and telecoms networks.
  • Power system security analysts running contingency and stability studies.
  • Business continuity managers responsible for critical services.
  • Digital twin engineers building models for crisis simulation.
  • Emergency managers coordinating response and restoration.
  • OT cybersecurity specialists protecting industrial control systems.
  • Engineering or science graduates looking to move into the energy sector.
Standards & tools

What you'll work with

  • Directive (EU) 2022/2557 (resilience of critical entities)
  • Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2) (high common level of cybersecurity across the Union)
  • Regulation (EU) 2017/2196 (network code on electricity emergency and restoration)
  • Regulation (EU) 2017/1485 (SO GL) (guideline on electricity transmission system operation)
  • ISO 22301:2019 (business continuity management systems)
  • ISO 31000:2018 (risk management guidelines)
  • IEC 62351 (security for power system communications)
  • Ley 8/2011 de protección de infraestructuras críticas (Spanish Critical Infrastructure Protection Act)
  • pandapower
  • PowerFactory
  • EPANET
  • MATPOWER
  • AnyLogic
Syllabus

8 modules

  1. 1.1Concepts of resilience and robustness
  2. 1.2The resilience curve and its phases
  3. 1.3Critical infrastructures and their services
  4. 1.4Directive (EU) 2022/2557 on resilience
  5. 1.5The NIS2 Directive and cyber resilience
  6. 1.6Business continuity according to ISO 22301
  7. 1.7Risk management according to ISO 31000
  8. 1.8Resilience metrics
  9. 1.9Lessons from major blackouts
  10. 1.10Workshop: analysis of the Iberian blackout of April 2025
  1. 2.1Architecture of a twin for resilience
  2. 2.2Electrical, hydraulic and communications network models
  3. 2.3Real-time data integration
  4. 2.4Faster-than-real-time simulation
  5. 2.5Threat and hazard scenarios
  6. 2.6Component fragility models
  7. 2.7Representation of the operating state
  8. 2.8Validation of the twin
  9. 2.9Limitations and governance
  10. 2.10Practical: twin of a distribution network with pandapower
  1. 3.1N-1 and N-k criteria
  2. 3.2Contingency selection and ranking
  3. 3.3Voltage stability analysis
  4. 3.4Transient and frequency stability
  5. 3.5Cascading failures
  6. 3.6Common-cause contingencies
  7. 3.7Extreme weather events
  8. 3.8Probabilistic security analysis
  9. 3.9Visualisation of operational risk
  10. 3.10Lab: N-1 analysis of an IEEE test network
  1. 4.1Electrical, water and telecommunications dependencies
  2. 4.2Models of interdependent networks
  3. 4.3Failure propagation between sectors
  4. 4.4Agent-based models
  5. 4.5Inoperability input-output models
  6. 4.6Critical bottlenecks
  7. 4.7Prioritisation of essential services
  8. 4.8Coordination between operators
  9. 4.9Shared data and confidentiality
  10. 4.10Practical: failure propagation between the power grid and water network
  1. 5.1Regulation (EU) 2017/2196 on emergency and restoration
  2. 5.2System defence plans
  3. 5.3Load shedding
  4. 5.4Black start and restoration
  5. 5.5Islanding and microgrids
  6. 5.6Optimised restoration with the twin
  7. 5.7Management of resources and field crews
  8. 5.8Crisis communication
  9. 5.9Exercises and drills
  10. 5.10Case study: restoration plan after a total blackout
  1. 6.1Infrastructure hardening
  2. 6.2Optimisation of resilience investments
  3. 6.3Location of emergency resources
  4. 6.4Microgrids and storage
  5. 6.5Stochastic optimisation with scenarios
  6. 6.6Cost-benefit analysis of measures
  7. 6.7Performance indicators
  8. 6.8Prioritisation of critical assets
  9. 6.9Planning for climate change
  10. 6.10Case study: reinforcing a network against storms
  1. 7.1Threats to OT systems
  2. 7.2Power grid cybersecurity according to IEC 62351
  3. 7.3Attacks on the digital twin
  4. 7.4Intrusion detection
  5. 7.5Cyber incident response
  6. 7.6NIS2 requirements
  7. 7.7Cyber resilience exercises
  8. 7.8Security of IEC 61850 communications
  9. 7.9Operational cybersecurity culture
  10. 7.10Case study: combined cyberattack and storm scenario
  1. 8.1Definition of the critical system
  2. 8.2Building the twin
  3. 8.3Contingency catalogue
  4. 8.4Interdependency analysis
  5. 8.5Emergency and restoration plan
  6. 8.6Optimised reinforcement measures
  7. 8.7Resilience indicators
  8. 8.8Recommendations and roadmap
  9. 8.9Report and presentation
  10. 8.10Final project: final review with the tutor
Methodology, software & labs

How you'll learn

100% online training on the SEIUM campus, with downloadable material, recorded classes and an assigned technical tutor. There are no fixed timetables: you progress at your own pace within the intake, so you can combine it with your job.

Each module combines theory, guided reading of the original standard and applied exercises. The working software is pandapower, PowerFactory, EPANET, MATPOWER and AnyLogic, in free, academic or evaluation versions. Practical work is based on real procedures for N-1 and N-k contingency analysis on test networks, simulation of cascading failures between infrastructures and service restoration plan exercises. Assessment is continuous by module, plus the final project.

Standards covered: Directive (EU) 2022/2557, Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (NIS2), Regulation (EU) 2017/2196, Regulation (EU) 2017/1485 (SO GL), ISO 22301:2019, ISO 31000:2018, IEC 62351, Ley 8/2011 de protección de infraestructuras críticas.

Assigned technical tutor:every module ends with a deliverable that your tutor marks individually.
Standards-based learning:guided reading of Directive (EU) 2022/2557, NIS2 and Regulation (EU) 2017/2196 applied to real cases, not as a theoretical annex.
Industry software:pandapower, PowerFactory, EPANET, MATPOWER and AnyLogic, in free, academic or evaluation versions.
Final project:a digital twin of a critical system with a contingency catalogue, an emergency and restoration plan and optimised reinforcement measures, reviewed by your tutor.
Flexible format:100% online, no fixed timetables, compatible with full-time work.
Capstone project

Build it end to end

Your final project follows the real engineering workflow, step by step, reviewed by your tutor.

Critical system and twin
Define the critical system and build its digital twin.
Contingency catalogue
Draw up the contingency catalogue and analyse the interdependencies.
Emergency and restoration
Design the emergency and restoration plan supported by simulation.
Optimised reinforcement
Optimise reinforcement measures and define resilience indicators.
Final project
Present recommendations and a roadmap in a report and presentation, reviewed by your tutor.
Career opportunities

Where this takes you

Infrastructure resilience engineerPower system security analystBusiness continuity managerDigital twin engineerEmergency managerOT cybersecurity specialist
Admissions & scholarships

Requirements

  • Prior technical training or professional experience in the sector. No university degree is required.
  • An internet connection and a computer capable of running the programme software.
  • English sufficient to read technical standards.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

The programme totals 800 hours over 6–8 months. You set your own pace within each intake, and your tutor helps you plan the workload around your job.

You work with pandapower, PowerFactory, EPANET, MATPOWER and AnyLogic, using free, academic or evaluation versions. Your tutor indicates the free alternative wherever one exists.

A SEIUM Institute diploma, awarded on passing the continuous assessment and the final project. It is SEIUM's own qualification, not an official state degree; its recognition depends on the programme completed and the regulations of each country.

Yes. Modules passed are recognised in a higher programme in the same area (postgraduate diploma or master's). Ask about the recognition policy when you enrol.

Prior technical training or professional experience in the sector (no university degree required), a computer able to run the programme software and English sufficient to read technical standards.

Start dates are set by SEIUM's faculty for each intake. Our admissions team will confirm the next available date when you apply.

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