Invited Paper: Detection of False Data Injection Attacks in Power Systems Using a Secured-Sensors and Graph-Based Method

Gal Morgenstern, Lital Dabush, Jip Kim, James Anderson, Gil Zussman, Tirza Routtenberg

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Abstract

False data injection (FDI) attacks pose a significant threat to the reliability of power system state estimation (PSSE). Recently, graph signal processing (GSP)-based detectors have been shown to enable the detection of well-designed cyber attacks named unobservable FDI attacks. However, current detectors, including GSP-based detectors, do not consider the impact of secured sensors on the detection process; thus, they may have limited power, especially in the low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime. In this paper, we propose a novel FDI attack detection method that incorporates both knowledge of the locations of secured sensors and the GSP properties of power system states (voltages). We develop the secured-sensors-and-graph-Laplacian-based generalized likelihood ratio test (SSGL-GLRT) that integrates the secured data and the graph smoothness properties of the state variables. Furthermore, we introduce a generalization of the method that allows the use of different high-pass GSP filters together with prior knowledge of the locations of the secured sensors. Then, we develop the SSGL-GLRT for a distributed PSSE based on the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM). Numerical simulations demonstrate that the proposed method significantly improves the probability of detecting FDI attacks compared to existing GSP-based detectors, achieving an increase of up to 30% in the detection probability for the same false alarm rate by integrating secured sensor location information.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems - 25th International Symposium, SSS 2023, Proceedings
EditorsShlomi Dolev, Baruch Schieber
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages240-258
Number of pages19
ISBN (Print)9783031442735
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2023
Event25th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, SSS 2023 - Jersey City, United States
Duration: 2 Oct 20234 Oct 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume14310 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference25th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems, SSS 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityJersey City
Period2/10/234/10/23

Keywords

  • Graph signal processing (GSP)
  • cyber-physical systems
  • distributed detection
  • false data injection (FDI) attack detection
  • power system state estimation (PSSE)
  • secured sensors

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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