Due to their distributed management, smart grids can be vulnerable to malicious attacks that undermine their cyber security. An adversary can take control of few nodes in the network and spread digital attacks like an infection, whose diffusion is facilitated by the lack of centralized supervision within the smart grid. In this paper, we propose to investigate these phenomena by means of epidemic models applied to cellular automata. We show that the common key parameters of epidemic models, such as the basic reproductive ratio, are also useful in this context to understand the extent of the grid portion that can be compromised. At the same time, the lack of mobility of individuals limits the spreading of the infection. In particular, we evaluate the role of the grid connectivity degree in both containing the epidemics and avoiding its spreading on the entire network, and also increasing the number of nodes that do not get any contact with the cyber attacks.

Cisotto, G., Badia, L. (2016). Cyber security of smart grids modeled through epidemic models in cellular automata. In WoWMoM 2016 - 17th International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (pp.1-6). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. [10.1109/WoWMoM.2016.7523560].

Cyber security of smart grids modeled through epidemic models in cellular automata

CISOTTO, GIULIA
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2016

Abstract

Due to their distributed management, smart grids can be vulnerable to malicious attacks that undermine their cyber security. An adversary can take control of few nodes in the network and spread digital attacks like an infection, whose diffusion is facilitated by the lack of centralized supervision within the smart grid. In this paper, we propose to investigate these phenomena by means of epidemic models applied to cellular automata. We show that the common key parameters of epidemic models, such as the basic reproductive ratio, are also useful in this context to understand the extent of the grid portion that can be compromised. At the same time, the lack of mobility of individuals limits the spreading of the infection. In particular, we evaluate the role of the grid connectivity degree in both containing the epidemics and avoiding its spreading on the entire network, and also increasing the number of nodes that do not get any contact with the cyber attacks.
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cellular automata; cyber security; epidemic models; graph theory; Internet of Everything; Smart grid;
English
17th International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, WoWMoM 2016 - JUN 21-24, 2016
2016
WoWMoM 2016 - 17th International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks
978-150902185-7
2016
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7523560
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Cisotto, G., Badia, L. (2016). Cyber security of smart grids modeled through epidemic models in cellular automata. In WoWMoM 2016 - 17th International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (pp.1-6). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. [10.1109/WoWMoM.2016.7523560].
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