Moving Target Defense Routing for SDN-enabled Smart Grid
The increasing attack surface area in the smart grid communication networks is making the grid more susceptible to cyber attacks that can lead to instability of the grid and even blackouts. While there are multiple types of cyber attacks that can impact the grid, Denial of Service (DoS) attacks are relatively easier to inject as they require lesser knowledge about the system as compared to data integrity attacks. Various research works showcase methods to prevent or mitigate the impacts of DoS attacks in the smart grid but the research still lacks in demonstrating the feasibility and efficacy of the solutions in a real-world environment. In this paper, we propose a Moving Target Defense (MTD)-enabled Software Defined Network (SDN) for the Smart Grid communication implemented on a Hardwarein- the-Loop (HIL) Testbed. We showcase the implementation of the proposed architecture of MTD-enabled SDN using Mininet 2.3.0 which enables communication between the physical grid and the control center. The results show the advantages of using MTD based on SDN for the wide-area network (WAN) with much lower packet drop percentages in the case of MTD-based routing in the SDN WAN. Index Terms—SDN,
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC07-05ID14517
- OSTI ID:
- 1891777
- Report Number(s):
- INL/CON-22-66594-Rev000
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: IEEE International Conference on Cybersecurity and Resilience, Virtual, 07/27/2022 - 07/29/2022
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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