Editorial

SDN-microSENSE Virtual Open Event 10/11/2022

The event will be open to the public and will have the following agenda:

• 9:30 CET Welcome – SDN-microSENSE overview
  • General overview of SDN-microSENSE by our project coordinator Alfredo Gonzalez Naranjo (AYESA)
  • Technical Overview, main challenges (Associate Professor Panagiotis Sarigiannidis, University of Western Macedonia)
• 10:00 CET SDN-microSENSE Demos (Part I) Pilot leaders will provide an overview of the examined scenarios, followed by demonstration of the used tools and lessons learned. 
  • Pilot 1: Investigation of Versatile Cyberattack Scenarios and Methodologies Against EPES
  • Pilot 2: Massive False Data Injection Cyberattack Against State Operation and Automatic Generation Control
  • Pilot 3: Large-scale Islanding Scenario Using Real-life Infrastructure
• 11:30 CET Coffee Break
• 11:40 CET CyberEPES Cluster presentation
  • Presentation of the CyberEPES cluster by Paolo Roccetti (Engineering R&D)
• 12:00 CET SDN-microSENSE Demos (Part II) Pilot leaders will provide an overview of the examined scenarios, followed by demonstration of the used tools and lessons learned.
  • Pilot 4: EPES Cyber-defence against Coordinated Attacks
  • Pilot 5: Distribution Grid Restoration in Real-world PV Microgrids
  • Pilot 6: Realising Private and Efficient Energy Trading among PV Prosumers
• 13:45 CET Q&A Wrap up

Multiple cyber-attacks against critical infrastructure 

Over the years, the Electrical Network has experienced a transformation on its operation. Although electricity is still flowing through the cables, a new component has been recently added, which is providing a more complex paradigm. We are talking about data and its transmission. Currently, the Electrical Network must deal with an unprecedented vast number of devices generating and sharing data through it. This situation converts the Electrical Power and Energy System (EPES) in a vulnerable infrastructure against cyber-attacks. Thus, one of the main objectives of the SDN-µSENSE project, was to design and demonstrate the robustness of the new resilient, multi-layered, and SDN-enabled microgrid architecture to tackle vulnerabilities. 
For this issue, six large-scale pilots across Europe were design for testing the technology. In the case of this blog post, we will focus on Pilot 4, which was tackling coordinated cyber-attacks from multiple external sources targeting different components of the EPES infrastructure. Then, the main purpose was to validate the different SDN-µSENSE components, to guarantee that the system provides the necessary prevention and detection measures to handle cyber-attacks.

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