The Smart Grid is an enhancement of the traditional grid system and employs new technologies and sophisticated communication techniques for electrical power transmission and distribution. The Smart Grid’s communicati...The Smart Grid is an enhancement of the traditional grid system and employs new technologies and sophisticated communication techniques for electrical power transmission and distribution. The Smart Grid’s communication network shares information about status of its several integrated IEDs (Intelligent Electronic Devices). However, the IEDs connected throughout the Smart Grid, open opportunities for attackers to interfere with the communications and utilities resources or take clients’ private data. This development has introduced new cyber-security challenges for the Smart Grid and is a very concerning issue because of emerging cyber-threats and security incidents that have occurred recently all over the world. The purpose of this research is to detect and mitigate Distributed Denial of Service [DDoS] with application to the Electrical Smart Grid System by deploying an optimized Stealthwatch Secure Network analytics tool. In this paper, the DDoS attack in the Smart Grid communication networks was modeled using Stealthwatch tool. The simulated network consisted of Secure Network Analytic tools virtual machines (VMs), electrical Grid network communication topology, attackers and Target VMs. Finally, the experiments and simulations were performed, and the research results showed that Stealthwatch analytic tool is very effective in detecting and mitigating DDoS attacks in the Smart Grid System without causing any blackout or shutdown of any internal systems as compared to other tools such as GNS3, NeSSi2, NISST Framework, OMNeT++, INET Framework, ReaSE, NS2, NS3, M5 Simulator, OPNET, PLC & TIA Portal management Software which do not have the capability to do so. Also, using Stealthwatch tool to create a security baseline for Smart Grid environment, contributes to risk mitigation and sound security hygiene.展开更多
分布式拒绝服务攻击(Distributed Denial of Service)是一种攻击者使用各种方法,试图将攻击目标的网络资源和系统资源消耗殆尽,使之无法向真正的合法用户提供服务的攻击。随着技术的进一步发展,基于网络层上的DDOS攻击得到了很大程度上...分布式拒绝服务攻击(Distributed Denial of Service)是一种攻击者使用各种方法,试图将攻击目标的网络资源和系统资源消耗殆尽,使之无法向真正的合法用户提供服务的攻击。随着技术的进一步发展,基于网络层上的DDOS攻击得到了很大程度上的削弱。然而,越来越多的攻击出现在了应用层,攻击的形式更加多样和复杂。从下层协议的角度来看,攻击中涉及的流量可能是合法的,使得检测和防范工作愈发困难。文中以实例为基础,解释基于应用层的攻击原理和方法,结合现有的技术,总结出检测和防范的机制并进行改进。展开更多
文摘The Smart Grid is an enhancement of the traditional grid system and employs new technologies and sophisticated communication techniques for electrical power transmission and distribution. The Smart Grid’s communication network shares information about status of its several integrated IEDs (Intelligent Electronic Devices). However, the IEDs connected throughout the Smart Grid, open opportunities for attackers to interfere with the communications and utilities resources or take clients’ private data. This development has introduced new cyber-security challenges for the Smart Grid and is a very concerning issue because of emerging cyber-threats and security incidents that have occurred recently all over the world. The purpose of this research is to detect and mitigate Distributed Denial of Service [DDoS] with application to the Electrical Smart Grid System by deploying an optimized Stealthwatch Secure Network analytics tool. In this paper, the DDoS attack in the Smart Grid communication networks was modeled using Stealthwatch tool. The simulated network consisted of Secure Network Analytic tools virtual machines (VMs), electrical Grid network communication topology, attackers and Target VMs. Finally, the experiments and simulations were performed, and the research results showed that Stealthwatch analytic tool is very effective in detecting and mitigating DDoS attacks in the Smart Grid System without causing any blackout or shutdown of any internal systems as compared to other tools such as GNS3, NeSSi2, NISST Framework, OMNeT++, INET Framework, ReaSE, NS2, NS3, M5 Simulator, OPNET, PLC & TIA Portal management Software which do not have the capability to do so. Also, using Stealthwatch tool to create a security baseline for Smart Grid environment, contributes to risk mitigation and sound security hygiene.
文摘分布式拒绝服务攻击(Distributed Denial of Service)是一种攻击者使用各种方法,试图将攻击目标的网络资源和系统资源消耗殆尽,使之无法向真正的合法用户提供服务的攻击。随着技术的进一步发展,基于网络层上的DDOS攻击得到了很大程度上的削弱。然而,越来越多的攻击出现在了应用层,攻击的形式更加多样和复杂。从下层协议的角度来看,攻击中涉及的流量可能是合法的,使得检测和防范工作愈发困难。文中以实例为基础,解释基于应用层的攻击原理和方法,结合现有的技术,总结出检测和防范的机制并进行改进。
