A Metric for Measuring the Strength of Inter-dependencies

Ruzzante, Silvia; Castorini, Elisa; Marchei, Elena; Fioriti, Vincenzo

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-15651-9_22

Cited by 6 publications

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“…• Scale of connectivity (interactions among several components) and dimensionality (large number of nodes highly interconnected also with other neighboring power systems, distributed energy sources, storage and electrical vehicles, etc.) (Ruzzante et al 2010).…”

Section: Critical Infrastructuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Critical Infrastructures Vulnerability and Risk Analysis

Zio

2016

Eur J Secur Res

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Vulnerability and risk analysis are considered in relation to critical infrastructures protection. The complexity of critical infrastructures is presented as a challenging characteristic, which calls for new approaches of analysis and the integration of different modeling perspectives. The concepts of vulnerability, risk and resilience are discussed in details and analyzed with respect to their characterization in critical infrastructures (CIs) and the challenges therein. Recent new perspectives on these concepts and their interpretations are also discussed in relation to their applicability for analyzing CI vulnerability and risk, in view of decision making for protection. Throughout the paper, reference is made to systems like the (smart) electric power grid and the Internet, to further exemplify the concepts and issues discussed

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Section: Critical Infrastructuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Critical Infrastructures Vulnerability and Risk Analysis

Zio

2016

Eur J Secur Res

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“…More recently, the issue of how to measure the level of interdependencies and to identify appropriate metrics for quantifying their strength is being addressed in a few studies, such as [29][30][31]. These studies are orthogonal to our objective and could be profitably employed to guide the analysis of EPS by concentrating on those interdependencies showing an higher degree of strength.…”

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Quantification of dependencies between electrical and information infrastructures

Beccuti

Chiaradonna

Giandomenico

et al. 2012

International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection

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Electrical power system ICT threatsCritical infrastructure dependencies A B S T R A C TIn this paper we present an approach to model and quantify (inter)dependencies between the Electrical Infrastructure (EI) and the Information Infrastructure (II) that implements the EI control and monitoring system. The quantification is achieved through the integration of two models: one that concentrates more on the structure of the power grid and its physical quantities and one that concentrates on the behavior of the control system supported by the II. The modeling approach is exemplified on a scenario whose goal is to study the effects of an II partial failure (a denial of service attack that compromises the communication network) on the remote control of the EI. The approach has been initially developed as part of the European project CRUTIAL.

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