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Title Cyber-Physical Interdependencies In Power Plant Systems: A Review Of Cyber Security Risks
ID_Doc 16959
Authors Akbarzadeh A.; Pandey P.; Katsikas S.
Year 2019
Published 2019 IEEE Conference on Information and Communication Technology, CICT 2019
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CICT48419.2019.9066188
Abstract Realizing the importance of the concept of 'smart city' and its impact on the quality of life, many infrastructures, such as power plants, began their digital transformation process by leveraging modern computing and advanced communication technologies. Unfortunately, by increasing the number of connections, power plants become more and more vulnerable and also an attractive target for cyber-physical attacks. The analysis of interdependencies among system components reveals interdependent connections, and facilitates the identification of those among them that are in need of special protection. In this paper, we review the recent literature which utilizes graph-based models and network-based models to study these interdependencies. A comprehensive overview, based on the main features of the systems including communication direction, control parameters, research target, scalability, security and safety, is presented. We also assess the computational complexity associated with the approaches presented in the reviewed papers, and we use this metric to assess the scalability of the approaches. © 2019 IEEE.
Author Keywords Critical infrastructure; Cyber-physical interdependencies; Cyber-physical systems; Smart grid


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