Or theyre implementing new track-and-trace programs to establish provenance by capturing the components as built identity and linking it to sourcing information. USENIX association, Khodashenas, Aznar, J., Legarrea, A., Ruiz, M., Siddiqui, S., Escalona, E., Figuerola, S. (2016). This paper aims to present an assessment and a way of adopting Edge-based security systems in virtual power plants. (TheRegister) retrieved 06 12, 2017, from http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/19/south_pole_hack, Rausch, T., Dustdar, S. (2019). Researchers are also working on technologies to help prevent cyber incidents, such as those that can decrease the cyberattack surface by enabling secure exchange of cryptographic keys to prevent compromise of critical energy sector data.45 They are also working on tools that could potentially deny any unexpected cyber activity from taking place on an energy delivery systempreventing it from doing anything off-specand then changing the control system configuration dynamically, creating a moving target to help prevent reconnaissance and impede attack planning.46 Such tools could be useful to counter threats such as the 2017 Dragonfly or Energetic Bear attacks. In this, a consumer can become a prosumer and supply the excess energy generated back to the grid. FAA's Air-Traffic Networks Breached by Hackers. These days, we're all trying to do more with less, but GE can help. Retrieved from www.forbes.com: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/03/11/warning-you-must-not-download-this-dangerous-coronavirus-map/#4049aef83253, Du M (2018) Big data privacy-preserving in multi-access edge computing for heterogeneous internet of things. Recent technological advancements have aided cybercriminals to disrupt operations by carrying out deliberate attacks on the energy sector. By mid-2021, more than 600 ICS flaws were identified across 76 ICS vendors, up from 449 in the second half of 2020. Prague, Chech Republic: IEEE, Razeghi, B., Voloshynovski, S. (2018). In recent years, however, the two systems have been converging as companies digitize and build the power sectors version of the industrial internet of things, including the smart grid. And, as challenging as it may be for power companies to identify their own critical assets and protect them, the challenge seems to be expanding exponentially, since todays interconnected world also requires them to secure vast, far-flung, and increasingly complex global supply chains. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: IEEE, Jaber M, Imran MA, Tafazolli R, Tukmanov A (2016) 5G backhaul challenges and emerging research directions: a survey. Proficy CSense 2023 - industrial analytics. (Buczak & Guven, 2016). The mobile edge computing (MEC)-based VANET data offloading using the staying-time-oriented k-hop away offloading agent. The authors would like to thank the utility executives, association executives, and other industry experts who shared their perspectives with us for this article. 10th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI'13) (pp. Consider engaging with industry peers and government agencies working to reduce cyber risk in the power sector locally, nationally, regionally, and globally. Comput Law Secur Rev 32(5):715728. (2013). After all, the cost of not securing the grid is likely to be far higher. This Is Not a Test: APT41 Initiates Global Intrusion Campaign Using Multiple Exploits Retrieved from www.fireeye.com: https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/03/apt41-initiates-global-intrusion-campaign-using-multiple-exploits.html, Glymin, E. (2017). Many devices now contain computer chips that can be tracked through scanning and auditing throughout their life cycle. View in article, E-ISAC serves as the primary security communications channel for the electricity industry. (Mach et al., 2017; Errabelly et al., 2017; Montero et al., 2016; Hsu et al., 2018), firewall protection (Hu et al., 2014), IDS (Roman et al., 2018; Haddadi et al., 2018), IPS, privacy preservation (Lu et al., 2017; Du, 2018; Singh et al., 2017), authentication protocols (Ali et al., 2018) etc. Int J Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-based Systems 10(5):557570. IEEE Trans Veh Technol 59(3):11831190, Sha K, Wei W, Yang A, Shi W (2016) Security in the internet of things: opportunities and challenges. Wirel Pers Commun 73(1):5161. Download the latest GE Gas Power catalog to explore our latest products and services, and discover our extensive experience across a broad spectrum of applications and customers. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. Alarmingly, all three appeared bent on immediate or potential future disruption rather than financial gain. Simply select text and choose how to share it: Managing cyber risk in the electric power sector The figure below is NTI's ranking of each country with respect to their cyber security using a Nuclear Security Index between 1 and 4, with 4 being the highest security. Though there are several Edge-based privacy protection techniques, the Edge protocols applied may, in turn, start to track the data and may have vested interests. Flow guard: building robust firewalls for software-defined networks. government accused Russia of hacking into energy infrastructure, Greentechmedia, March 19, 2018. Stanford University, Glyer, C., Perez, D., Jones, S., Miller, S. (2020). Proc. Taking this into account, the entire network can be made unavailable with a single point of failure. 37th and O Streets IEEE Spectrum Posted, Langill, J.T. This paper aims to present a comprehensive Edge-based security architecture to help reduce the risks and help secure the physical systems and ensure privacy and data protection. sKyWIper (a.k.a. A FOG computing-based system for selective forwarding detection in mobile wireless sensor networks. The nature of architecture in VPP has many ICS devices interconnected, and the attacks can take place on any of the devices like AMI, SCADA, control and monitoring devices. The second aspect is that the consumer may not be aware of the security or have enough knowledge to manage the infrastructure, thereby resulting in potential risk effectively. (2018). Critical Infrastructure. Annual Conference on Research in Information Technology (pp. Treating cybersecurity for OT like safety: In all manner of industrial settings from factories to power plants and mines safety is mandatory. These standards will apply to hardware and software systems such as SCADA, networked electronic sensing, and monitoring and diagnostic systems, as well as associated internal human, network, or machine interfaces.34, The North American Electric Reliability Corporations Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC-CIP) reliability standards have put the power sector at the forefront in establishing regulations to reduce cyber risk. Data privacy takes precedence and requires stringent policies, monitoring and protection. After reducing their own cyber risk profiles, power companies can collaborate with peers, governments, suppliers, and other industrial sectors to share intelligence, participate in practice exercises, develop new standards and frameworks, and pilot new technologies. Exceptional organizations are led by a purpose. Proficy Smart Factory: Cloud OEE, Cloud Production Management & Cloud Quality. Augsburg: IEEE doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/FAS-W.2016.60, Yin C, Zhu Y, Fei J, He X (2017) A deep learning approach for intrusion detection using recurrent neural networks. Vancouver, Canada: IEEE doi:https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCCN.2017.8038503, Basile C, Lioy A, Scozzi S, Vallini M (2010) Ontology-based security policy translation. Cybersecurity has increased in importance to utilities and power plants, with attacks such as 2021's Colonial Pipeline headlining the news. McAfee. 1992-1996). The key to cybersecurity is the weakest link, and the security is as good as the weakest link in the virtual power plant. (T. Micro, producer) retrieved 08 04, 2019, from trend Micro: https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/hk-en/security/news/cybercrime-and-digital-threats/new-version-of-disk-wiping-shamoon-disttrack-spotted-what-you-need-to-know, Tsai H (2012) Treat as a service: Virtualisations impact on cloud security. Attacks may be simple or multi-phase attempts to maximize profit. Real-time network policy checking using header space analysis. 279286). Washington, DC: SANS. The power sector is one of the most frequently targeted and first to respond to cyber threats with mandatory controls. DARPA Information Survivability Conference and Exposition II, DISCEX'01 (pp. Most prosumers in a virtual power plant are small-time operators and cannot support huge firewalls or necessary infrastructure to support them. This design is based on the Network Functions Virtualisation technology to construct the edge layer. Environmental Claims J 28(4):286303. Cybersecurity in the powersector is not only securitys job, but also the responsibility of every employee. A common thread is that all of these attacks are either known or suspected to have been carried out or supported by nation-states to further political goals, and such activity appears to be on the rise. Retrieved from https://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/media/security_response/whitepapers/w32_stuxnet_dossier.pdf, Fan, K., Li, J., Li, H., Liang, X., Shen, X., Yang, Y. Due to this huge demand for processing on the edge nodes, edge computing applies the A.I. Discover how an integrated approach to solution architecture protects IT, OT, and other essential systems to keep operational processes going. Distributed generators (D.G.s) enable us to generate, supply and be self-reliant on power while also allows us to supply power to meet the demand through virtual power plants. Edge Based Intrusion Detection System (EIDS). SANS. Figure9 shows a brief overview of applying Edge design for preserving privacy. It utilises the smart grid infrastructure to integrate little, divergent energy assets as though they were a single generator. In the United States, Deloitte refers to one or more of the US member firms of DTTL, their related entities that operate using the "Deloitte" name in the United States and their respective affiliates. Taken together, all of these factors spell increased vulnerability. IEEE Internet Things J 6(5):78007810. The user is verified using RVA techniques to ensure trust between the prosumer. ACM, Huang, C., Wu, Z., Lin, S. (2019). Stuxnet was work of U.S. and Israeli experts, officials say. Gentry, in his thesis, for solving a cryptographic problem, present fully homomorphic encryption. 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