Vulnerability Analysis Based on Cyber-Attack and Defense Models in Power Transmission Systems
Saqib Hasan

Citation
Saqib Hasan. "Vulnerability Analysis Based on Cyber-Attack and Defense Models in Power Transmission Systems". Talk or presentation, 23, August, 2017.

Abstract
Reliable operation of power systems is a primary challenge for the system operators. With the advancement in technology and grid automation, power systems are becoming more vulnerable to cyber-attacks. The main goal of adversaries is to take advantage of these vulnerabilities and destabilize the system. This presentation describes a game theoretic approach to attacker / defender modeling in power systems. The attacker model can intelligently identify the subset of substations that cause maximum damage when compromised. However, the defender model can identify the critical subset of substations to be protected in order to minimize the damage when an attacker launches a cyber-attack. The algorithms for these models were applied to the three industry-standard IEEE - 14 bus, 39 bus, and 57 bus examples to identify the critical set of substations given an attacker and a defender budget.

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  August, 2017.

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  Saqib Hasan. "Vulnerability Analysis Based on
  Cyber-Attack and Defense Models in Power Transmission
  Systems". Talk or presentation,  23, August, 2017.

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  @presentation{Hasan17_VulnerabilityAnalysisBasedOnCyberAttackDefenseModels,
      author = {Saqib Hasan},
      title = {Vulnerability Analysis Based on Cyber-Attack and
                Defense Models in Power Transmission Systems},
      day = {23},
      month = {August},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {Reliable operation of power systems is a primary
                challenge for the system operators. With the
                advancement in technology and grid automation,
                power systems are becoming more vulnerable to
                cyber-attacks. The main goal of adversaries is to
                take advantage of these vulnerabilities and
                destabilize the system. This presentation
                describes a game theoretic approach to attacker /
                defender modeling in power systems. The attacker
                model can intelligently identify the subset of
                substations that cause maximum damage when
                compromised. However, the defender model can
                identify the critical subset of substations to be
                protected in order to minimize the damage when an
                attacker launches a cyber-attack. The algorithms
                for these models were applied to the three
                industry-standard IEEE - 14 bus, 39 bus, and 57
                bus examples to identify the critical set of
                substations given an attacker and a defender
                budget.},
      URL = {http://cps-forces.org/pubs/273.html}
  }
  

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