Secure and private smart grid: The SPEAR architecture

Panagiotis Radoglou Grammatikis, Panagiotis Sarigiannidis, Eider Iturbe, Erkuden Rios, Antonios Sarigiannidis, Odysseas Nikolis, Dimosthenis Ioannidis, Vasileios Machamint, Michalis Tzifas, Alkiviadis Giannakoulias, Michail Angelopoulos, Anastasios Papadopoulos, Francisco Ramos

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Abstract

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is an integral part of Critical Infrastructures (CIs), bringing both significant pros and cons. Focusing our attention on the energy sector, ICT converts the conventional electrical grid into a new paradigm called Smart Grid (SG), providing crucial benefits such as pervasive control, better utilisation of the existing resources, self-healing, etc. However, in parallel, ICT increases the attack surface of this domain, generating new potential cyberthreats. In this paper, we present the Secure and PrivatE smArt gRid (SPEAR) architecture which constitutes an overall solution aiming at protecting SG, by enhancing situational awareness, detecting timely cyberattacks, collecting appropriate forensic evidence and providing an anonymous cybersecurity information-sharing mechanism. Operational characteristics and technical specifications details are analysed for each component, while also the communication interfaces among them are described in detail.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2020 IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization
Subtitle of host publicationBridging the Gap Between AI and Network Softwarization, NetSoft 2020
EditorsFilip De Turck, Prosper Chemouil, Tim Wauters, Mohamed Faten Zhani, Walter Cerroni, Rafael Pasquini, Zuqing Zhu
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages450-456
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781728156842
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2020
Event6th IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization, NetSoft 2020 - Virtual, Online, Belgium
Duration: 29 Jun 20203 Jul 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2020 IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization: Bridging the Gap Between AI and Network Softwarization, NetSoft 2020

Conference

Conference6th IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization, NetSoft 2020
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityVirtual, Online
Period29/06/203/07/20

Funding

FundersFunder number
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme787011

    Keywords

    • Anomaly Detection
    • Anonymity
    • Cybersecurity
    • Forensics
    • Honeypots
    • Intrusion Detection
    • Privacy
    • Smart Grid

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