Double-Edged Defense: Thwarting Cyber Attacks and Adversarial Machine Learning in IEC 60870-5-104 Smart Grids

<p dir="ltr">Smart grids (SGs), a cornerstone of modern power systems, facilitate efficient management and distribution of electricity. Despite their advantages, increased connectivity and reliance on communication networks expand their susceptibility to cyber threats. Machine learni...

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Main Author: Hadir Teryak (17986978) (author)
Other Authors: Abdullatif Albaseer (16904607) (author), Mohamed Abdallah (3073191) (author), Saif Al-Kuwari (16904610) (author), Marwa Qaraqe (10135172) (author)
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Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics
Electrical engineering
Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
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IEC Standards
Security
Protocols
Cyberattack
Support vector machines
Data models
Resilience
Adversarial machine learning
Deep learning
Intrusion detection
Machine learning
Smart grids
IEC 60870-5-104 protocol
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description <p dir="ltr">Smart grids (SGs), a cornerstone of modern power systems, facilitate efficient management and distribution of electricity. Despite their advantages, increased connectivity and reliance on communication networks expand their susceptibility to cyber threats. Machine learning (ML) can radically transform cyber security in SGs and secure protocols as in IEC 60870 standard, an international standard for electric power system communication. Notwithstanding, cyber adversaries are now exploiting ML-based intrusion detection systems (IDS) using adversarial ML attacks, potentially undermining SG security. This article addresses cyber attacks on the communication network of SGs, specifically targeting the IEC 60870-5-104 protocol. We introduce a novel ML-based IDS framework for the IEC 60870-5-104 protocol. Specifically, we employ an artificial neural network (ANN) to analyze a new and realistically representative dataset of IEC 60870-5-104 traffic data, unlike previous research that relies on simulated or unrelated data. This approach assists in identifying anomalies indicative of cyber attacks more accurately. Furthermore, we evaluate the resilience of our ANN model against adversarial attacks, including the fast gradient sign method, projected gradient descent, and Carlini and Wagner attacks. Our results demonstrate that the proposed framework can accurately detect cyber attacks and remains robust to adversarial attacks. This offers efficient and resilient IDS capabilities to detect and mitigate cyber attacks in real-world ML-based adversarial environments.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ojies.2023.3336234" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ojies.2023.3336234</a></p>
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spelling Double-Edged Defense: Thwarting Cyber Attacks and Adversarial Machine Learning in IEC 60870-5-104 Smart GridsHadir Teryak (17986978)Abdullatif Albaseer (16904607)Mohamed Abdallah (3073191)Saif Al-Kuwari (16904610)Marwa Qaraqe (10135172)EngineeringControl engineering, mechatronics and roboticsElectrical engineeringElectronics, sensors and digital hardwareManufacturing engineeringIEC StandardsSecurityProtocolsCyberattackSupport vector machinesData modelsResilienceAdversarial machine learningDeep learningIntrusion detectionMachine learningSmart gridsIEC 60870-5-104 protocol<p dir="ltr">Smart grids (SGs), a cornerstone of modern power systems, facilitate efficient management and distribution of electricity. Despite their advantages, increased connectivity and reliance on communication networks expand their susceptibility to cyber threats. Machine learning (ML) can radically transform cyber security in SGs and secure protocols as in IEC 60870 standard, an international standard for electric power system communication. Notwithstanding, cyber adversaries are now exploiting ML-based intrusion detection systems (IDS) using adversarial ML attacks, potentially undermining SG security. This article addresses cyber attacks on the communication network of SGs, specifically targeting the IEC 60870-5-104 protocol. We introduce a novel ML-based IDS framework for the IEC 60870-5-104 protocol. Specifically, we employ an artificial neural network (ANN) to analyze a new and realistically representative dataset of IEC 60870-5-104 traffic data, unlike previous research that relies on simulated or unrelated data. This approach assists in identifying anomalies indicative of cyber attacks more accurately. Furthermore, we evaluate the resilience of our ANN model against adversarial attacks, including the fast gradient sign method, projected gradient descent, and Carlini and Wagner attacks. Our results demonstrate that the proposed framework can accurately detect cyber attacks and remains robust to adversarial attacks. This offers efficient and resilient IDS capabilities to detect and mitigate cyber attacks in real-world ML-based adversarial environments.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ojies.2023.3336234" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ojies.2023.3336234</a></p>2023-11-23T09:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1109/ojies.2023.3336234https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Double-Edged_Defense_Thwarting_Cyber_Attacks_and_Adversarial_Machine_Learning_in_IEC_60870-5-104_Smart_Grids/25243360CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/252433602023-11-23T09:00:00Z
spellingShingle Double-Edged Defense: Thwarting Cyber Attacks and Adversarial Machine Learning in IEC 60870-5-104 Smart Grids
Hadir Teryak (17986978)
Engineering
Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics
Electrical engineering
Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
Manufacturing engineering
IEC Standards
Security
Protocols
Cyberattack
Support vector machines
Data models
Resilience
Adversarial machine learning
Deep learning
Intrusion detection
Machine learning
Smart grids
IEC 60870-5-104 protocol
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title Double-Edged Defense: Thwarting Cyber Attacks and Adversarial Machine Learning in IEC 60870-5-104 Smart Grids
title_full Double-Edged Defense: Thwarting Cyber Attacks and Adversarial Machine Learning in IEC 60870-5-104 Smart Grids
title_fullStr Double-Edged Defense: Thwarting Cyber Attacks and Adversarial Machine Learning in IEC 60870-5-104 Smart Grids
title_full_unstemmed Double-Edged Defense: Thwarting Cyber Attacks and Adversarial Machine Learning in IEC 60870-5-104 Smart Grids
title_short Double-Edged Defense: Thwarting Cyber Attacks and Adversarial Machine Learning in IEC 60870-5-104 Smart Grids
title_sort Double-Edged Defense: Thwarting Cyber Attacks and Adversarial Machine Learning in IEC 60870-5-104 Smart Grids
topic Engineering
Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics
Electrical engineering
Electronics, sensors and digital hardware
Manufacturing engineering
IEC Standards
Security
Protocols
Cyberattack
Support vector machines
Data models
Resilience
Adversarial machine learning
Deep learning
Intrusion detection
Machine learning
Smart grids
IEC 60870-5-104 protocol