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Smart grid's objective is to enable electricity and information to flow two-way while providing effective, robust, computerized, and decentralized energy delivery. This necessitates the use of state estimation-based techniques and real-time…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-10-22 Mostafa Mohammadpourfard , Istemihan Genc , Subhash Lakshminarayana , Charalambos Konstantinou

This paper presents a real-time non-probabilistic detection mechanism to detect load-redistribution (LR) attacks against energy management systems (EMSs). Prior studies have shown that certain LR attacks can bypass conventional bad data…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-05 Ramin Kaviani , Kory W. Hedman

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated into microgrid control systems, the risk of malicious actors exploiting vulnerabilities in Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to disrupt power generation and distribution grows.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-03-26 Ahmed Omara , Burak Kantarci

Smart grid monitoring, automation and control will completely rely on PMU based sensor data soon. Accordingly, a high throughput, low latency Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure should be opted in this regard. Due…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-04-01 Sohini Roy , Arunabha Sen

Smart grid is an alternative solution of the conventional power grid which harnesses the power of the information technology to save the energy and meet today's environment requirements. Due to the inherent vulnerabilities in the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-01-06 Zakaria El Mrabet , Mehdi Ezzari , Hassan Elghazi , Badr Abou El Majd

Smart grids leverage the data collected from smart meters to make important operational decisions. However, they are vulnerable to False Data Injection (FDI) attacks in which an attacker manipulates meter data to disrupt the grid…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-02-10 Daniel Reijsbergen , Aung Maw , Tien Tuan Anh Dinh , Wen-Tai Li , Chau Yuen

False data injection attacks (FDIAs) represent a major class of attacks that aim to break the integrity of measurements by injecting false data into the smart metering devices in power grids. To the best of authors' knowledge, no study has…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-28 Osman Boyaci , Amarachi Umunnakwe , Abhijeet Sahu , Mohammad Rasoul Narimani , Muhammad Ismail , Katherine Davis , Erchin Serpedin

Sensors such as phasor measurement units (PMUs) endowed with GPS receivers are ubiquitously installed providing real-time grid visibility. A number of PMUs can cooperatively enable state estimation routines. However, GPS spoofing attacks…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-04-27 Paresh Risbud , Nikolaos Gatsis , Ahmad Taha

Automatic generation control (AGC) systems play a crucial role in maintaining system frequency across power grids. However, AGC systems' reliance on communicated measurements exposes them to false data injection attacks (FDIAs), which can…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Nour M. Shabar , Ahmad Mohammad Saber , Deepa Kundur

Quick and accurate detection of cyber attack is key to the normal operation of the smart grid system. In this paper, a joint state estimation and sequential attack detection method for a given bus with grid frequency drift is proposed that…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-12-27 Leian Chen , Xiaodong Wang

The number of installed remote terminal units (RTU) is on the rise, increasing the observability and control of the power system. RTUs enable sending data to and receiving data from a control center in the power system. A distribution grid…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-14 Milad Beikbabaei , Ali Mehrizi-Sani

Machine learning (ML)-based detectors have been shown to be effective in detecting stealthy false data injection attacks (FDIAs) that can bypass conventional bad data detectors (BDDs) in power systems. However, ML models are also vulnerable…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-07 Yexiang Chen , Subhash Lakshminarayana , H. Vincent Poor

Recently, moving target defence (MTD) has been proposed to thwart false data injection (FDI) attacks in power system state estimation by proactively triggering the distributed flexible AC transmission system (D-FACTS) devices. One of the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-22 Wangkun Xu , Imad M. Jaimoukha , Fei Teng

The increasing digitization of smart grids has improved operational efficiency but also introduced new cybersecurity vulnerabilities, such as False Data Injection Attacks (FDIAs) targeting Automatic Generation Control (AGC) systems. While…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-27 Muhammad Sharshar , Ahmad Mohammad Saber , Davor Svetinovic , Amr M. Youssef , Deepa Kundur , Ehab F. El-Saadany

Predicting and classifying faults in electricity networks is crucial for uninterrupted provision and keeping maintenance costs at a minimum. Thanks to the advancements in the field provided by the smart grid, several data-driven approaches…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Emad Efatinasab , Francesco Marchiori , Alessandro Brighente , Mirco Rampazzo , Mauro Conti

In smart electrical grids, fault detection tasks may have a high impact on society due to their economic and critical implications. In the recent years, numerous smart grid applications, such as defect detection and load forecasting, have…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-31 Carmelo Ardito , Yashar Deldjoo , Tommaso Di Noia , Eugenio Di Sciascio , Fatemeh Nazary , Giovanni Servedio

The electric grid is an attractive target for cyberattackers given its critical nature in society. With the increasing sophistication of cyberattacks, effective grid defense will benefit from proactively identifying vulnerabilities and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-14 Amr S. Mohamed , Deepa Kundur

In recent years, state-of-the-art traffic-control devices have evolved from standalone hardware to networked smart devices. Smart traffic control enables operators to decrease traffic congestion and environmental impact by acquiring…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-08-06 Aron Laszka , Waseem Abbas , Yevgeniy Vorobeychik , Xenofon Koutsoukos

The application of Deep Learning-based Schemes (DLSs) for detecting False Data Injection Attacks (FDIAs) in smart grids has attracted significant attention. This paper demonstrates that adversarial attacks, carefully crafted FDIAs, can…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-25 Ahmad Mohammad Saber , Aditi Maheshwari , Amr Youssef , Deepa Kundur

As one of the largest and most complex systems on earth, power grid (PG) operation and control have stepped forward as a compound analysis on both physical and cyber layers which makes it vulnerable to assaults from economic and security…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-31 Wangkun Xu , Fei Teng