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Digital Transformation, Cyber Security and Resilience of Modern Societies pp 299–314Cite as

Cybersecurity in Next Generation Energy Grids: Challenges and Opportunities for Blockchain and AI Technologies

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Renewable energy sources and the increasing interest in green energy has been the driving force behind many innovations in the energy sector, such as how utility companies interact with their customers and vice versa. The introduction of smart grids is one of these innovations in what is basically a fusion between the traditional energy grid with the IT sector. Even though this new combination brings a plethora of advantages, it also comes with an increase of the attack surface of the energy grid, which becomes susceptible to cyberattacks. In this work, we analyse the emerging cybersecurity challenges and how these could be alleviated by the advancements in AI and blockchain technologies.

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This work was supported by the ECHO project which has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the grant agreement no 830943.

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    Notis Mengidis, Theodora Tsikrika, Stefanos Vrochidis & Ioannis Kompatsiaris

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Mengidis, N., Tsikrika, T., Vrochidis, S., Kompatsiaris, I. (2021). Cybersecurity in Next Generation Energy Grids: Challenges and Opportunities for Blockchain and AI Technologies. In: Tagarev, T., Atanassov, K.T., Kharchenko, V., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) Digital Transformation, Cyber Security and Resilience of Modern Societies. Studies in Big Data, vol 84. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65722-2_18

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