A Dynamic Cyber-attack Approach for Real-time Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation of Power Grid

Zijiao Zhou; Haowei Yang; Huibo Li; Jihao Zhang; Siqi Li; Xiang Gao; Peng Gong

doi:10.23919/ICACT53585.2022.9728779

A Dynamic Cyber-attack Approach for Real-time Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation of Power Grid

Zijiao Zhou, Haowei Yang, Huibo Li, Jihao Zhang, Siqi Li, Xiang Gao, Peng Gong^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Mechatronical Engineering

Beijing Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Cyber-attacks on the power grid happen frequently nowadays which results in a high incidence of power fault, like power blackouts. The current cyber-physical co-simulation technology for power grid vulnerability researches still adopt script simulation rather than dynamic simulation, making the dynamic analysis unavailable. In this paper, a real-time hardware-in-the-loop simulation platform integrated by QualNet and Real-time Digital Simulator (RTDS) is investigated. On this platform, a dynamic cyber-attack approach, i.e., DoS attack and data tampering attack, is proposed, where users can dynamically conFigure the cyber-attack situations of power grid via a designed panel during the simulation process, to estimate and analyse the impact of cyber-attacks on the power grid system. Experiment results verify the operability and effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	24th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology
Subtitle of host publication	Artificial Intelligence Technologies toward Cybersecurity!!, ICACT 2022 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	212-217
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9791188428090
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/ICACT53585.2022.9728779
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	24th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT 2022 - Virtual, Online, Korea, Republic of Duration: 13 Feb 2022 → 16 Feb 2022

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Name	International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT
Volume	2022-February
ISSN (Print)	1738-9445

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Conference	24th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT 2022
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Virtual, Online
Period	13/02/22 → 16/02/22

Keywords

Cyber-attack
Dynamic simulation
QualNet
RTDS
Real-time simulation
Smart Grid

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Zhou, Z., Yang, H., Li, H., Zhang, J., Li, S., Gao, X., & Gong, P. (2022). A Dynamic Cyber-attack Approach for Real-time Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation of Power Grid. In 24th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology: Artificial Intelligence Technologies toward Cybersecurity!!, ICACT 2022 - Proceedings (pp. 212-217). (International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT; Vol. 2022-February). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.23919/ICACT53585.2022.9728779

Zhou, Zijiao ; Yang, Haowei ; Li, Huibo et al. / A Dynamic Cyber-attack Approach for Real-time Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation of Power Grid. 24th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology: Artificial Intelligence Technologies toward Cybersecurity!!, ICACT 2022 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. pp. 212-217 (International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT).

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Zhou, Z, Yang, H, Li, H, Zhang, J, Li, S, Gao, X & Gong, P 2022, A Dynamic Cyber-attack Approach for Real-time Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation of Power Grid. in 24th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology: Artificial Intelligence Technologies toward Cybersecurity!!, ICACT 2022 - Proceedings. International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT, vol. 2022-February, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 212-217, 24th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT 2022, Virtual, Online, Korea, Republic of, 13/02/22. https://doi.org/10.23919/ICACT53585.2022.9728779

A Dynamic Cyber-attack Approach for Real-time Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation of Power Grid. / Zhou, Zijiao; Yang, Haowei; Li, Huibo et al.
24th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology: Artificial Intelligence Technologies toward Cybersecurity!!, ICACT 2022 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. p. 212-217 (International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT; Vol. 2022-February).

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Zhou Z, Yang H, Li H, Zhang J, Li S, Gao X et al. A Dynamic Cyber-attack Approach for Real-time Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation of Power Grid. In 24th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology: Artificial Intelligence Technologies toward Cybersecurity!!, ICACT 2022 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2022. p. 212-217. (International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT). doi: 10.23919/ICACT53585.2022.9728779

A Dynamic Cyber-attack Approach for Real-time Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation of Power Grid

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