Cyber-Physical System Security of a Power Grid: State-of-the-Art

Sun, Chih -Che; Liu, Chen -Ching; Xie, Jing

doi:10.3390/electronics5030040

Title: Cyber-Physical System Security of a Power Grid: State-of-the-Art

Abstract

Here, as part of the smart grid development, more and more technologies are developed and deployed on the power grid to enhance the system reliability. A primary purpose of the smart grid is to significantly increase the capability of computer-based remote control and automation. As a result, the level of connectivity has become much higher, and cyber security also becomes a potential threat to the cyber-physical systems (CPSs). In this paper, a survey of the state-of-the-art is conducted on the cyber security of the power grid concerning issues of: the structure of CPSs in a smart grid; cyber vulnerability assessment; cyber protection systems; and testbeds of a CPS. At Washington State University (WSU), the Smart City Testbed (SCT) has been developed to provide a platform to test, analyze and validate defense mechanisms against potential cyber intrusions. A test case is provided in this paper to demonstrate how a testbed helps the study of cyber security and the anomaly detection system (ADS) for substations.

Authors:

Sun, Chih -Che ^[1]; Liu, Chen -Ching ^[2]; Xie, Jing ^[1]

Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States); Univ. College Dublin, Dublin (Ireland)

Publication Date:: Thu Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1435630

Grant/Contract Number:: OE0000780

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Electronics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2079-9292

Publisher:: MDPI

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; cyber security; cyber-physical system; intrusion detection; testbed; smart grid

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                    Sun, Chih -Che, Liu, Chen -Ching, and Xie, Jing. Cyber-Physical System Security of a Power Grid: State-of-the-Art.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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  title        = {Cyber-Physical System Security of a Power Grid: State-of-the-Art},

  author       = {Sun, Chih -Che and Liu, Chen -Ching and Xie, Jing},

  abstractNote = {Here, as part of the smart grid development, more and more technologies are developed and deployed on the power grid to enhance the system reliability. A primary purpose of the smart grid is to significantly increase the capability of computer-based remote control and automation. As a result, the level of connectivity has become much higher, and cyber security also becomes a potential threat to the cyber-physical systems (CPSs). In this paper, a survey of the state-of-the-art is conducted on the cyber security of the power grid concerning issues of: the structure of CPSs in a smart grid; cyber vulnerability assessment; cyber protection systems; and testbeds of a CPS. At Washington State University (WSU), the Smart City Testbed (SCT) has been developed to provide a platform to test, analyze and validate defense mechanisms against potential cyber intrusions. A test case is provided in this paper to demonstrate how a testbed helps the study of cyber security and the anomaly detection system (ADS) for substations.},

  doi          = {10.3390/electronics5030040},

  journal      = {Electronics},

  number       = 4,

  volume       = 5,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Thu Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Thu Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

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