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A virtual actuator approach for the secure control of networked LPV systems under pulse-width modulated DoS attacks
In this paper, we formulate and analyze the problem of secure control in the context of networked linear parameter varying (LPV) systems. We consider an energy-constrained, pulse-width modulated (PWM) jammer, which corrupts the control communication channel by performing a denial-of-service (DoS) attack. In particular, the malicious attacker is able to erase the data sent to one or more actuators. In order to achieve secure control, we propose a virtual actuator technique under the assumption that the behavior of the attacker has been identified. The main advantage brought by this technique is that the existing components in the control system can be maintained without need of retuning them, since the virtual actuator will perform a reconfiguration of the plant, hiding the attack from the controller point of view. Using Lyapunov-based results that take into account the possible behavior of the attacker, design conditions for calculating the virtual actuators gains are obtained. A numerical example is used to illustrate the proposed secure control strategy.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft
Smart Grid Security: Threats, Challenges, and Solutions
The cyber-physical nature of the smart grid has rendered it vulnerable to a
multitude of attacks that can occur at its communication, networking, and
physical entry points. Such cyber-physical attacks can have detrimental effects
on the operation of the grid as exemplified by the recent attack which caused a
blackout of the Ukranian power grid. Thus, to properly secure the smart grid,
it is of utmost importance to: a) understand its underlying vulnerabilities and
associated threats, b) quantify their effects, and c) devise appropriate
security solutions. In this paper, the key threats targeting the smart grid are
first exposed while assessing their effects on the operation and stability of
the grid. Then, the challenges involved in understanding these attacks and
devising defense strategies against them are identified. Potential solution
approaches that can help mitigate these threats are then discussed. Last, a
number of mathematical tools that can help in analyzing and implementing
security solutions are introduced. As such, this paper will provide the first
comprehensive overview on smart grid security
Bibliographical review on cyber attacks from a control oriented perspective
This paper presents a bibliographical review of definitions, classifications and applications concerning cyber attacks in networked control systems (NCSs) and cyber-physical systems (CPSs). This review tackles the topic from a control-oriented perspective, which is complementary to information or communication ones. After motivating the importance of developing new methods for attack detection and secure control, this review presents security objectives, attack modeling, and a characterization of considered attacks and threats presenting the detection mechanisms and remedial actions. In order to show the properties of each attack, as well as to provide some deeper insight into possible defense mechanisms, examples available in the literature are discussed. Finally, open research issues and paths are presented.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft
Dynamic Quantized Consensus of General Linear Multi-agent Systems under Denial-of-Service Attacks
In this paper, we study multi-agent consensus problems under
Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks with data rate constraints. We first consider
the leaderless consensus problem and after that we briefly present the analysis
of leader-follower consensus. The dynamics of the agents take general forms
modeled as homogeneous linear time-invariant systems. In our analysis, we
derive lower bounds on the data rate for the multi-agent systems to achieve
leaderless and leader-follower consensus in the presence of DoS attacks, under
which the issue of overflow of quantizer is prevented. The main contribution of
the paper is the characterization of the trade-off between the tolerable DoS
attack levels for leaderless and leader-follower consensus and the required
data rates for the quantizers during the communication attempts among the
agents. To mitigate the influence of DoS attacks, we employ dynamic
quantization with zooming-in and zooming-out capabilities for avoiding
quantizer saturation
On the Control of Microgrids Against Cyber-Attacks: A Review of Methods and Applications
Nowadays, the use of renewable generations, energy storage systems (ESSs) and microgrids (MGs) has been developed due to better controllability of distributed energy resources (DERs) as well as their cost-effective and emission-aware operation. The development of MGs as well as the use of hierarchical control has led to data transmission in the communication platform. As a result, the expansion of communication infrastructure has made MGs as cyber-physical systems (CPSs) vulnerable to cyber-attacks (CAs). Accordingly, prevention, detection and isolation of CAs during proper control of MGs is essential. In this paper, a comprehensive review on the control strategies of microgrids against CAs and its defense mechanisms has been done. The general structure of the paper is as follows: firstly, MGs operational conditions, i.e., the secure or insecure mode of the physical and cyber layers are investigated and the appropriate control to return to a safer mode are presented. Then, the common MGs communication system is described which is generally used for multi-agent systems (MASs). Also, classification of CAs in MGs has been reviewed. Afterwards, a comprehensive survey of available researches in the field of prevention, detection and isolation of CA and MG control against CA are summarized. Finally, future trends in this context are clarified
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Resilient control of networked control systems with stochastic denial of service attacks
This paper focuses on resilient control of networked control systems (NCSs) under the denial of service (DoS) attacks characterized by a Markov process. Firstly, based on the game between attack strategies and defense strategies, the packet dropouts induced by DoS attacks are modeled as a Markov process. Secondly, an NCS under DoS attacks is modeled as a Markovian jump linear system. Then, by use of the Lyapunov theory and the derived NCS model, four theorems are given for the system stability analysis and controller design. Finally, a numerical example is used to illustrative the effectiveness of proposed method
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