NDLI: Bio-inspired cyber security for smart grid deployments

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	McKinnon, A.D. Thompson, S.R. Doroshchuk, R.A. Fink, G.A. Fulp, E.W.
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Author affiliation: Secure Cyber Syst. Group, Pacific Northwest Nat. Lab., Richland, WA, USA (McKinnon, A.D.; Thompson, S.R.; Doroshchuk, R.A.; Fink, G.A.) \|\| Dept. of Comput. Sci., Wake Forest Univ., Salem, NC, USA (Fulp, E.W.)
Abstract	Smart Grid technologies are transforming the electric power system in ways that will significantly impact electric distribution systems and result in greater efficiency. However, the increased scale of the grid and the new types of information it will transmit introduce security risks that cannot be addressed by traditional, centralized security techniques. We propose a scalable approach inspired by the complex-adaptive control systems of social insects, such as ants and bees. These systems emerge from inter-agent communication and the collective application of simple rules. The Digital Ants framework is a bio-inspired framework that uses lightweight, mobile agents. The agents communicate using digital pheromones which enable the agents to alert each other of possible cyber security issues. All communication and coordination is both localized and decentralized thereby allowing the framework to scale across the large numbers of devices that will exist in the Smart Grid. Furthermore, being lightweight makes the agents suitable for implementation on devices with limited computational resources. This paper will provide a brief overview of the Digital Ants framework and then present results from testbed-based demonstrations that show how Digital Ants can identify a cyber security attack scenario against smart meter deployments.
Sponsorship	IEEE Signal Process. Soc.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	6
File Size	278664
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781467348942
e-ISBN	9781467348966
e-ISBN	9781467348959
DOI	10.1109/ISGT.2013.6497880
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2013-02-24
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Bio-inspired Bandwidth Agents Smart meters Smart grids Grippers Computer security Cyber security Load flow Smart Grid
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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