Abstract
Cyber threats pose an increasing threat to energy objects. It is essential to ensure the cybersecurity of automatic control systems, such as relay protection devices (RP), devices of regime control (RC) and emergency control (EC), automated control systems. At the same time, the issues of cybersecurity include not only the problem of hacker attacks, but also the whole complex of problems relating to adequate functioning of cybernetic systems in the power industry. The authors consider two of the most acute aspects of cybersecurity in the energy systems of the future in the era of total digitalization: large-scale prepared cyber attacks on the electrical power systems (EPS) as a whole and large-scale cyber attacks on distribution networks with small-scale generation facilities and active consumers.
Highlights
There have been active discussions on the topic of digital substations and the implementation of solutions for the power industry based on IEC 61850, and the process of introducing these technologies to power objects
Russia has begun to open the active discussion about total digitalization and digital transformation of the power industry while taking practical steps towards said digitalization [1,2,3,4]
It is of great importance to ensure the cybersecurity of automatic control systems, such as relay protection devices, devices of regime and emergency control [9]
Summary
There have been active discussions on the topic of digital substations and the implementation of solutions for the power industry based on IEC 61850, and the process of introducing these technologies to power objects. Russia has begun to open the active discussion about total digitalization and digital transformation of the power industry while taking practical steps towards said digitalization [1,2,3,4]. In these conditions, the urgency of the problem of cybersecurity has significantly increased. In addition to universal digitalization, the current trend in the modern electric power industry is active consumers, distributed low-power generation, including on renewable energy resources, and the emergence of new electric receivers, such as electric vehicles. It is important to pay attention to the influence of reliability and cybersecurity of digital subsystems on the overall reliability of power objects, EPS and their associations [10]
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