Bridging the Cybersecurity Gap: A Comprehensive Analysis of Threats to Power Systems, Water Storage, and Gas Network Industrial Control and Automation Systems

Abstract

This research addresses the dearth of real-world data required for effective neural network model building, delving into the crucial field of industrial control and automation system (ICS) cybersecurity. Cyberattacks against ICS are first identified and then generated in an effort to raise awareness of vulnerabilities and improve security. This research aims to fill a need in the existing literature by examining the effectiveness of a novel approach to ICS cybersecurity that draws on data from real industrial settings. Real-world data from a variety of commercial sectors is used in this study to produce a complete dataset. These sectors include power systems, freshwater tanks, and gas pipelines, which together provide a wide range of commercial scenarios where anomaly detection and attack classification approaches are critical. The generated data are shown to considerably improve the models’ precision. An amazing 71% accuracy rate is achieved in power system models, and incorporating generated data reliably increases network speed. Using generated data, the machine learning system achieves an impressive 99% accuracy in a number of trials. In addition, the system shows about 90% accuracy in most studies when applied to the setting of gas pipelines. In conclusion, this article stresses the need to improve cybersecurity in vital industrial sectors by addressing the dearth of real-world ICS data. To better understand and defend against cyberattacks on industrial machinery and automation systems, it demonstrates how generative data can improve the precision and dependability of neural network models.