NSERC/Hydro-Québec/Thales Industrial Research Chair in Smart Grid Security: Detection, Prevention, Mitigation and Recovery from Cyber-Physical Attacks

NSERC/Hydro-Québec/Thales 智能电网安全工业研究主席：网络物理攻击的检测、预防、缓解和恢复

• 批准号: 501621-2015
• 负责人: Debbabi, Mourad
• 金额: $ 12.75万
• 依托单位: Concordia University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Industrial Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=648888
• 关键词: NSERC; Hydro; Qu; bec; Thales

The current electric grid is considered as one of the best engineering achievements of the twentieth century. It**was designed to deliver power to various consumer domains. To a large extent, it has been successful in**fulfilling this objective. Nevertheless, the electric grid has experienced several blackouts over the past years. In**particular, there have been five major blackouts over the past forty years, three of which have occurred in the**past nine years alone. The aspiration to secure power, to achieve energy efficiency and to contribute to**environment protection through the increasing utilization of renewable energies are driving the need to deploy**smart grids. It is predicated that these smart grids will allow for bidirectional power flow as well as new ways**to manage both power generation and the increasing energy demand. The successful deployment of smart grids**is predicated on the ability to guarantee their security. Such a requirement is of paramount importance since**electrical grids are essential to several components of the critical infrastructure. Recent cyber security incidents**and security research studies demonstrate that electrical grids could be subjected to disrupting attacks that**might lead to severe security and economic consequences, and even to the endangerment and loss of human**lives. Furthermore, the increasing integration of ICT technologies will definitely augment cyber attack**surfaces. The exploitation of these vulnerabilities might lead to attacks that will, for instance, skew the state**information, alter the abilities to locate events or faults on transmission lines, place the grid at operating points**that are at greater risk from contingencies. This will lead to undesirable and severe consequences such as**financial losses, systemic losses from cascading failures, major blackouts, etc. The primary intent of this**research is to explore the security of smart grid domains, components, devices and protocols to: (1) elicit the**security requirements; (2) identify the attack surfaces together with the underlying vulnerabilities, threats and**their cyber physical consequences; (3) propose practical and efficient detection, prevention, mitigation and**recovery techniques and methodologies that will definitely harden and enhance the overall smart grid security.

目前的电网被认为是二十世纪最好的工程成就之一。它**旨在为各种消费领域提供电力。在很大程度上，它已经成功地实现了这一目标。尽管如此，电网在过去几年中经历了几次停电。特别是，过去四十年里发生了五次大停电，其中三起仅在过去九年就发生了。通过增加可再生能源的利用来确保电力安全、实现能源效率并为**环境保护做出贡献的愿望正在推动部署**智能电网的需求。据预测，这些智能电网将允许双向电力流动以及管理发电和不断增长的能源需求的新方法**。智能电网**的成功部署取决于能否保证其安全。这样的要求至关重要，因为**电网对于关键基础设施的多个组件至关重要。最近的网络安全事件**和安全研究表明，电网可能会遭受破坏性攻击，**可能会导致严重的安全和经济后果，甚至危及生命和丧失生命。此外，ICT技术的日益融合肯定会增加网络攻击面。利用这些漏洞可能会导致攻击，例如扭曲状态**信息、改变定位输电线路事件或故障的能力、将电网置于面临更大意外风险的操作点**。这将导致不良的严重后果，例如**财务损失、级联故障造成的系统性损失、大停电等。本**研究的主要目的是探索智能电网域、组件、设备和协议的安全性，以确保：（1）引出**安全要求； (2) 识别攻击面以及潜在的漏洞、威胁及其网络物理后果； (3) 提出切实有效的检测、预防、缓解和恢复技术和方法，这肯定会强化和增强整体智能电网的安全性。