Assessing the Impact of Cybersecurity Attacks on Power Systems

Dagoumas, Athanasios

doi:10.3390/en12040725

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“…The aim is not to have these attacks, but rather to develop countermeasures in order to protect the network, devices, data, and human beings. Both the vulnerabilities and the attacks have several operational impacts that could cause damage to the system or take over the control system [48,49,50,51,52].…”

Section: Proposed Solution: Methods and Implementation Experimentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward an Applied Cyber Security Solution in IoT-Based Smart Grids: An Intrusion Detection System Approach

Yin

Liu

Nkenyereye

et al. 2019

Sensors

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We present an innovative approach for a Cybersecurity Solution based on the Intrusion Detection System to detect malicious activity targeting the Distributed Network Protocol (DNP3) layers in the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. As Information and Communication Technology is connected to the grid, it is subjected to both physical and cyber-attacks because of the interaction between industrial control systems and the outside Internet environment using IoT technology. Often, cyber-attacks lead to multiple risks that affect infrastructure and business continuity; furthermore, in some cases, human beings are also affected. Because of the traditional peculiarities of process systems, such as insecure real-time protocols, end-to-end general-purpose ICT security mechanisms are not able to fully secure communication in SCADA systems. In this paper, we present a novel method based on the DNP3 vulnerability assessment and attack model in different layers, with feature selection using Machine Learning from parsed DNP3 protocol with additional data including malware samples. Moreover, we developed a cyber-attack algorithm that included a classification and visualization process. Finally, the results of the experimental implementation show that our proposed Cybersecurity Solution based on IDS was able to detect attacks in real time in an IoT-based Smart Grid communication environment.

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Section: Proposed Solution: Methods and Implementation Experimentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward an Applied Cyber Security Solution in IoT-Based Smart Grids: An Intrusion Detection System Approach

Yin

Liu

Nkenyereye

et al. 2019

Sensors

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“…The generation and load data of the IEEE RTS are given in Appendices A and B, respectively. This was established in the IEEE power engineering society by the IEEE subcommittee on the application of probability methods [27,28] (1)…”

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Predictive Reliability Assessment of Generation System

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Due to increasing load and characteristic stagnation and fluctuations of existing generation systems capacity, the reliability assessment of generation systems is crucial to system adequacy. Furthermore, a rapid load increase could amount to a consequent sudden deficit in the generation supply before the next scheduled assessment. Hence, a reliability assessment is conducted at regular and close intervals to ensure adequacy. This study simulates and establishes the relationship between the load growth and generation capacity using the generation and load data of the IEEE reliability test system (IEEE RTS ‘96 standard). The generation capacity states and the risk model were obtained using the sequential Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) method. The load was gradually increased stepwise and is simulated against the constant generation capacity. In each case, the reliability index was recorded in terms of loss-of-load evaluation (LOLE). The recorded reliability index was thereafter fitted with the load-growth trend by the linear regression approach. A predictive assessment approach is thereafter proffered through the obtained fitting equation. In addition, a reliability threshold is effectively determined at a yield point for a reliability benchmark.

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“…The U.S. Department of Commerce's NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) report for Smart Grid Cybersecurity guidelines states that while increased digitalization is essential, it will introduce "new interdependencies and vulnerabilities to potential attackers and unintentional errors" (NIST, 2014) Amongst the essential functions at risk are: electricity supply and transmission, electricity transmission and distribution stability, communication between systems/ equipment, and backup systems (Dagoumas, 2019). Additionally, cyber-attacks could not only affect utilities, but market participants as well.…”

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Renewables and the future of geopolitics: Revisiting main concepts of international relations from the lens of renewables

Hatipoğlu¹,

Muhanna²,

Efird³

2020

RUJEC

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The development of renewable energy is often treated as a purely positive outcome for the world, without consideration of the challenges that come with implementation at scale, which will inevitably follow with the process of a global energy transition. Studies on the political process of the transition to a world of renewables are scarce. This article provides a review on the geopolitical, institutional, and technological aspects of the development of renewable energy sources, including transportation and delivery of energy across national borders. At scale internationally, renewable energy will present many of the same issues as other mature sources of energy. Security, export interdependence, and the availability of source materials will all become increasingly important concerns.

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Assessing the Impact of Cybersecurity Attacks on Power Systems

Cited by 31 publications

References 24 publications

Toward an Applied Cyber Security Solution in IoT-Based Smart Grids: An Intrusion Detection System Approach

Toward an Applied Cyber Security Solution in IoT-Based Smart Grids: An Intrusion Detection System Approach

Predictive Reliability Assessment of Generation System

Renewables and the future of geopolitics: Revisiting main concepts of international relations from the lens of renewables

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