Adaptive Protection of Power Grids against Stealthy Load Alterations

High-energy IoT-controlled loads like large-scale Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) are vulnerable to load alteration attacks. Attackers can compromise HVAC sensor readings and increase the load demand to cause cascading voltage failures and, eventually, blackouts. This work proposes...

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Published in2024 ACM/IEEE 15th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS) pp. 285 - 286
Main Authors Balabhaskara, Anjana, Adhikary, Sunandan, Koley, Ipsita, Dey, Soumyajit, Hota, Ashish R.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 13.05.2024
Subjects
Adaptive systems
Cyber-physical systems
Heating systems
HVAC
HVAC vulerability
MARL
power system attack
Power system protection
Threshold voltage
Ventilation
Voltage protection system
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Summary:High-energy IoT-controlled loads like large-scale Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) are vulnerable to load alteration attacks. Attackers can compromise HVAC sensor readings and increase the load demand to cause cascading voltage failures and, eventually, blackouts. This work proposes an adaptive protection mechanism that updates the operating threshold for a voltage protection system to detect such attacks before they cause blackouts.
DOI:10.1109/ICCPS61052.2024.00038