Analyzing the cyber-physical impact of cyber events on the power grid

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2444-2453

  Liu, Ren ^a   Vellaithurai, Ceeman ^b   Biswas, Saugata S ^c   Gamage, Thoshitha T ^d   Srivastava, Anurag K ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES INC   (United States)

^c ALSTOM   (France)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyber security; cyber power; DeterLab; network simulator 3 (NS 3); real time digital simulator (RTDS); real time simulation; synchrophasor devices; wide area control

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPUTER CRIME; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK; DIGITAL DEVICES; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; NETWORK SECURITY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SIMULATORS; SMART POWER GRIDS; TESTBEDS; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

CYBER SECURITY; CYBER-POWER; DETERLAB; NETWORK SIMULATORS; REAL TIME DIGITAL SIMULATOR; REAL TIME SIMULATIONS; SYNCHROPHASORS; WIDE AREA CONTROL;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM CONTROL;

EID: 84978816505     PISSN: 19493053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2015.2432013     Document Type: Article

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