Using Self-Organizing Architectures to Mitigate the Impacts of Denial-of-Service Attacks on Voltage Control Schemes

• Published in: IEEE transactions on smart grid Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 3010 - 3019
• Main Authors: Cameron, Calum, Patsios, Charalampos, Taylor, Phil C., Pourmirza, Zoya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 01.05.2019; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Communications systems; Computer security; Computer simulation; Controllers; cyber-security; Cybersecurity; Denial of service attacks; Distribution management; Electric potential; Electric power systems; Electrical networks; Environment models; Information and communication technology; Integrated approach; multi-agent systems; Network reliability; Observability (systems); self-organizing systems; Sensors; Smart grid; Smart grids; Software reliability; Supervisory control and data acquisition; Threat evaluation; Voltage control

Modern power systems are becoming increasingly decentralized, with a greater degree of observability provided through a network of sensors and local controllers in addition to existing centralized supervisory control and data acquisition platforms. However, the interconnectivity between sensors and...