Abstract
With the development of electric power technology, information technology and military technology, the impact of cyber attack on electric power infrastructure has increasingly become a hot spot issue which calls both domestic and foreign attention. First, main reasons of the impact on power infrastructure caused by cyber attack are analyzed from the following two aspects: 1) The dependence of electric power infrastructure on information infrastructure makes cyber attack issues in information field likely to affect electric power field. 2) As regards to the potential threat sources, it will be considerably profitable to launch cyber attacks on electric power infrastructure. On this basis, this paper gives a classified elaboration on the characteristics and the possibilities of cyber attacks on electrical infrastructures. Finally, the recently published actual events of cyber attacks in respect of threat sources, vulnerabilities and assaulting modes are analyzed and summarized.
Highlights
Electric power infrastructure provides public power supply services for social production and household use
According to the relevant standards set by International Electro-technical Commission (IEC), the future development of power system will be the common construction and management of electric power infrastructure and information infrastructure [1]
According to the IEC standards above, the power system can be divided into two parts, electric power infrastructure and information infrastructure
Summary
Electric power infrastructure provides public power supply services for social production and household use. (2015) Analysis of Causes and Actual Events on Electric Power Infrastructure Impacted by Cyber Attack. An Israeli-US strike on Iranian nuclear plants [10] becomes the focus of the international concern in 2011 According to this development trend, cyber attack on electric power infrastructure will be an important means of network information war [11], which needs to be paid high attention and intensive study. This paper is organized focusing on the impact on power infrastructure caused by cyber attack. This paper analyses main reasons of the impact on power infrastructure caused by cyber attack, and summarizes characteristics of existing cyber attack. The impact of recently published actual events of cyber attacks on electric power infrastructure is analyzed
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