A survey of protocol-level challenges and solutions for distributed energy resource cyber-physical security

A Sundararajan, A Chavan, D Saleem, AI Sarwat - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
The increasing proliferation of distributed energy resources (DERs) on the smart grid has
made distributed solar and wind two key contributors to the expanding attack surface of the …

Review of cyber-physical attacks and counter defense mechanisms for advanced metering infrastructure in smart grid

L Wei, LP Rondon, A Moghadasi… - 2018 IEEE/PES …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is a vital element in the current development of
the smart grid. AMI technologies provide electric utilities with an effective way of continuous …

Stochastic games for power grid protection against coordinated cyber-physical attacks

L Wei, AI Sarwat, W Saad… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the global reliance on the power grid, coordinated cyber-physical attacks on its
critical infrastructure can lead to disastrous human and economic losses. In this paper, a …

A distributed intelligent framework for electricity theft detection using benford's law and stackelberg game

L Wei, A Sundararajan, AI Sarwat… - 2017 resilience …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electricity theft is a major contributor of nontechnical losses in the distribution systems of the
smart grid. However, owing to the resource-limitations of smart meters and the privacy …

Securing metering infrastructure of smart grid: A machine learning and localization based key management approach

I Parvez, AI Sarwat, L Wei, A Sundararajan - Energies, 2016 - mdpi.com
In smart cities, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) of the smart grid facilitates automated
metering, control and monitoring of power distribution by employing a wireless network. Due …

Toward a smart city of interdependent critical infrastructure networks

AI Sarwat, A Sundararajan, I Parvez… - … Networks: From Theory …, 2018 - Springer
A smart city requires synergistic interaction between several functionally interdependent
networks like energy, transportation, water, oil, gas, and emergency services to provide on …

Security risks in cyber physical systems—a systematic mapping study

M Zahid, I Inayat, M Daneva… - Journal of Software …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The increased need for constant connectivity and complete automation of existing systems
fuels the popularity of Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) worldwide. Increasingly more, these …

Risk assessment of cyber attacks on power grids considering the characteristics of attack behaviors

B Chen, Z Yang, Y Zhang, Y Chen, J Zhao - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The quick development of smart grids coupled with IoT devices has opened breaches of
security leading to cyberattacks done by attackers with different purposes. In this study, a …

Roadmap to prepare distribution grid-tied photovoltaic site data for performance monitoring

A Sundararajan, AI Sarwat - … Conference on Big Data, IoT and …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the key analytics conducted on a gridtied Photovoltaic (PV) system is the periodic
monitoring of its performance. It is expected that with increased PV penetration into the …

Incentivizing the dissemination of truth versus fake news in social networks

A Ehsanfar, M Mansouri - 2017 12th System of systems …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The concept of “truth,” as a public good is the production of a collective understanding,
which emerges from a complex network of social interactions. The recent impact of social …