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Against Data Attacks on Smart Grid Operations: Attack Mechanisms and Security Measures

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Cyber Physical Systems Approach to Smart Electric Power Grid

Part of the book series: Power Systems ((POWSYS))

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This chapter provides a survey and some highlights of recent developments on cyber security issues related to smart grid operations. In particular, we present data attack models and attack mechanisms on system state estimation, generation dispatch, and market operations. Security measures via sensor protection and data authentication are discussed. Although presented in the context of a smart grid, the main ideas are applicable to general cyber physical systems.

This work is supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant CNS-1135844.

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  1. School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97330, USA

    Jinsub Kim

  2. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

    Lang Tong

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  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA

    Siddhartha Kumar Khaitan

  2. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA

    James D. McCalley

  3. Energy Systems and Innovation Center (ESIC), Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA

    Chen Ching Liu

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Kim, J., Tong, L. (2015). Against Data Attacks on Smart Grid Operations: Attack Mechanisms and Security Measures. In: Khaitan, S., McCalley, J., Liu, C. (eds) Cyber Physical Systems Approach to Smart Electric Power Grid. Power Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45928-7_13

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