Cyber-Security in Smart Grid
A special issue of Information (ISSN 2078-2489).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2019)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cyber security and privacy; cyber-physical systems/Internet of Things; data and machine learning-driven applications
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: cyber security and information assurance; computer networks; cyber-physical systems; Internet of Things; big data analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The smart grid, as an important energy-based cyber-physical system, integrates cyber systems with physical power infrastructure and applies advanced information technologies in sensing, communications, computing, and control to improve efficiency, sustainability, reliability, intelligence, and resiliency of the power grid. The smart meters, information communication networks, and other cyber components are vitally important to establish the dynamic and interactive infrastructure of the smart grid. Nonetheless, this cyber system inevitably exposes the smart grid to a variety of cyber-attacks, targeting information security and privacy. For example, false data injection attacks could lead to disruptions in the operation of the smart grid, further causing performance to degrade and failures in the grid. Thus, it is essential to model and analyse the risks of cyber threats to the smart grid and design effective defensive schemes to improve smart grid security resilience.
This Special Issue aims to foster the dissemination of state-of-the-art research in cyber security for the smart grid, as well as address the privacy concerns of real-time and fine-grained sensing information in such a system. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following subject categories:
- Theoretical Foundation and Models for Smart Grid Security and Privacy
- Big Data Analysis in Smart Grid Security and Privacy
- Security of Integrating Renewable Energy Resources in the Smart Grid
- Security of Electric Vehicles in the Smart Grid
- Security of Energy Management in the Smart Grid
- Secure Real-Time Communication in the Smart Grid
- Machine Learning for Smart Grid Security and Privacy
- Integrated Simulation and Testbed and Case Studies for Smart Grid Security and Privacy
- Attack Detection, Mitigation and Attribution in the Smart Grid
Dr. Wei Yu
Dr. Linqiang Ge
Dr. Guobin Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Smart Grid
- Cyber Security
- Privacy
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