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On Cyber-Attacks against Modern Power Grids

Moya Calderon, Christian Bolivar
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0180-9285
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1597091173490175

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2020, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering.
The large-scale deployment of information and communication technology (ICT) has enabled countless new opportunities for the power sector. However, the deployment of ICT systems creates new vulnerabilities that could potentially be doors for cyber threats. Unlike traditional threats that the power grid faces (e.g., hazardous weather events), cyber threats are potentially more devastating because they are less predictable. For instance, it is believed that a large scale cyber-attack could potentially cause widespread power grid failure, triggering sustained power outages that will disrupt essential services such as health-care, food supply, and safety. The price tag for such an event will be significant, in the order of billions. As a result, it is imperative for scientists, engineers, and the whole power sector to understand and uncover the possible cyber threat scenarios that could potentially be harmful to interconnected power grids. In this thesis, we will focus on understanding these potential harmful cyber threat scenarios and their limits. In particular, we will describe how adversaries could disrupt power grid operation by corrupting the integrity and availability of sensor measurements and control signals used to maintain a reliable grid operation. Moreover, for the case of attacks against control signals, we will provide a real-time defense strategy using tools from Bayesian machine learning.
Jiankang Wang, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Mahesh Illindalla, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Jin Wang, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Feng Qiu, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Junho Hong, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
118 p.
Electrical Engineering

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  • Moya Calderon, C. B. (2020). On Cyber-Attacks against Modern Power Grids [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1597091173490175

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Moya Calderon, Christian. On Cyber-Attacks against Modern Power Grids. 2020. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1597091173490175.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Moya Calderon, Christian. "On Cyber-Attacks against Modern Power Grids." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1597091173490175

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