Cybersecurity and Resilience for the Power Grid

Advances in embedded systems and communication networks have allowed us to modernize and automate the operation of the power grid; however, this increased reliance in computing systems also opens the door to potentially new and powerful cyberattacks against the grid. This chapter introduces technologies that are used to operate the power grid and security challenges facing the power grid and discusses research efforts to improve the security and resiliency of the grid. It describes some of the technologies used by power grids with the focus on how adversaries could use these same protocols as a means to carry out their attacks against the power grid. The chapter presents the security challenges of the grid and discusses details of previous attacks. It also presents research efforts at the bulk and distribution systems and the state‐of‐the‐art solutions.