Analysing Smart Power Grid against different Cyber Attacks on SCADA System

Abstract

The integration of information and communications technology (ICT) with traditional power grid is transforming the power grid into a more reliable and smarter cyber physical system. A supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system is used to implement the cyber layer for power grid, which is responsible for real-time monitoring and control of power grid and power delivery network. A SCADA system combined with other devices creates smart power grid environment, but it also makes power grid vulnerable against different cyber-attacks as it requires connection with various kinds of open networks. Smart power grids are a extremely critical infrastructure and attack of any kind can affect socio economical condition of the region. In this paper we present a non-complex co-simulation environment for analysing smart power grid and also includes two different cyber-attack scenarios. Index Terms- co-simulation; smart power grid; SCADA system; cyber-attack scenarios.