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Any form of deliberate physical or cyber activity that attempts to undermine the control mechanisms that maintain the key goals of reliability, efficiency and safety of a physical system can be considered to be an attack on the system. Indeed, an attack can be as subtle as a configuration change that prevents the optimal operation of a power system.
This chapter describes an approach that enhances the security of the interlocking function in a power distribution substation by using the power flow behavior of the physical system during switching events as direct power feedback. The approach detects potential over-the-network data modification attacks on the interlocking function using out-of-bounds sensor measurements. The direct power feedback adds an extra layer of security and redundancy to existing power substation interlocking function protection mechanisms.
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Tebekaemi, E., Colbert, E., Wijesekera, D. (2017). DETECTING DATA MANIPULATION ATTACKS ON THE SUBSTATION INTERLOCKING FUNCTION USING DIRECT POWER FEEDBACK. In: Rice, M., Shenoi, S. (eds) Critical Infrastructure Protection XI. ICCIP 2017. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 512. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70395-4_3
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