Practical Limitations of Sliding-Mode Switching Attacks on Smart Grid Systems Conference Paper

abstract

• 2014 IEEE. Switching attacks in smart grid systems have gained some recent attention by the research community. Based on understanding the structure of the physical system and accessing the system variables, effective sliding-mode switching attacks can be used to disrupt the normal operation of the power grid. This article investigates the practical limitations of such attacks. Sliding-mode switching attacks on a single-machine infinite-bus system are considered in this work, and the impact of some practical limitations is investigated. These limitations include sampling period, quantization level, signal-to-noise ratio, hysteresis margin and minimum time to switch of a circuit breaker, and communication latency. Results of this work detail the effectiveness of the sliding-mode switching attacks under different practical limitations.

name of conference

• 2014 IEEE PES General Meeting | Conference & Exposition

authors

• Farraj, Abdallah
• Hammad, Eman

published proceedings

• 2014 IEEE PES GENERAL MEETING - CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION

author list (cited authors)

• Farraj, A. K., Hammad, E. M., Kundur, D., & Butler-Purry, K. L.

citation count

• 15

complete list of authors

• Farraj, Abdallah K||Hammad, Eman M||Kundur, Deepa||Butler-Purry, Karen L

publication date

• July 2014

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 4008 Electrical Engineering

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/pesgm.2014.6939856

start page

• 1

end page

• 5

volume

• 2014-October

issue

• October

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pesgm.2014.6939856