Unifying Dependability of Critical Infrastructures: Electric Power System and ICT: Concepts, Figures of Merit and Taxonomy

• Published in: 2015 IEEE 21st Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing (PRDC) pp. 50 - 59
• Main Authors: Kaitovic, Igor, Lukovic, Slobodan, Malek, Miroslaw
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.11.2015
• Subjects: Circuit faults; Critical Infrastructures; Cyber-Physical; Dependability; Fault Taxonomy; Impedance; Maintenance engineering; Monitoring; Process control; Smart Grid; Smart grids; Taxonomy

With Smart Grids efficiency of the electric power delivery service can be significantly increased by using advanced ICT infrastructure. The looming danger of merging two critical infrastructures, ICT and electric power, is that dependability may be compromised due to interdependencies and different...