Assessing Cybersecurity Resilience of Distributed Ledger Technology in Energy Sector Using the MITRE ATT&CK® ICS Framework

Conference · Sat Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 2022

OSTI ID:1974526

Gourisetti, Sri Nikhil Gupta ^[1]; Lee, Annabelle ^[2]; Reddi, Ramesh ^[3]; Isirova, Kateryna ^[4]; Touhiduzzaman, Md ^[5]; Sebastian Cardenas, David J. ^[5]; Lambert, Kent ^[6]; Cali, Umit ^[7]; Mylrea, Michael ^[8]; Rahimi, Farrokh ^[9]; Nitu, Puica ^[10]; Huff, Philip ^[11]; Pasetti, Marco ^[12]; Saha, Shammya ^[13]

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1. National Resilience, San Diego, CA
2. Nevermore Security
3. CybSecBCML Inc.
4. KPMG Switzerland
5. BATTELLE (PACIFIC NW LAB)
6. Blockframe Inc
7. Norwegian University of Science and Technology
8. National Resilience Inc.
9. Gridwise Architecture Council
10. IEEE Std Assoc
11. University of Arkansas at Little Rock
12. University of Brescia
13. EPRI

Digitization in the power industry enables wide connectivity among multiple new entrants such as DERs, prosumers, and P2P counterparts within or outside the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). The use of DLT to improve resilience in the power grid has growing support, but new technology provides new opportunities for adversaries to cause harm. This work completed by the Cybersecurity- focused task force of IEEE SA P2418.5 evaluates the potential risks by applying the MITRE ATT&CK® ICS matrix to the DLT Engineering and Cybersecurity Stack designed for power systems applications

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1974526
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-177239
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English