Hello everyone,
I would like to make a thorough investigation on the most promising simulation platforms for simulation and analysis of Cyber Attacks on Cyber Physical Energy Systems, along with the application of security solutions and their impact on performance.
To the best of my knowledge, a combination of two or more simulation/emulation tools might be required. E.g. a tool representing the cyber components (such as ns-2, Omnet++, Emulab) along with a tool representing the power grid physical components, (such as MATLAB).
Since investigation and proposals of the research community is still going on, hence the selection of the simulation platform(s) seems to be inconsistent among the researchers.
Through this question, I would request the research community of this field to share their knowledge and experience in this regard, with thanks.
Sir,
By refering the paper www.informs-sim.org/wsc07papers/139.pdf, you can have some ideas in your area.
Best of luck.
Thank you for the suggestions. @Yasir, the term "modeling" refers to something which is a representation of an actual system, where researchers use either simulation-based models or mathematical models to represent a given system and study its performance.
Though, contents of the above question clarifies itself that the simulation approach is the one discussed, to remove any possible ambiguities, the original question is modified accordingly.
Dear Sir,
Have you checked the Network Security Simulator NeSSi2. Is that suitable for what you are looking for? Here is the link for that : http://www.nessi2.de/framework.htm
Regards
Dear Sanoop,
Thank you for the suggestion. I am already aware of nessi2, and will give it a try. However, I am not sure if it can be use along with another simulation tool that would represent the physical energy system, such as with Matlab.
Best regards,
I would say human tools
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Dear Usama,
I am exploring this same question that you asked in 2015. Could you please tell me about the answer you discovered, or point me towards some relevant resources?
Many thanks,
Asad
After great many years of research and prototyping in academia there is now a startup making a commercial cyber threat modelling tool; see www.foreseeti.com The tool performs attack simulations in models of ICT infrastructures and even though the tool is not specifically addressing control systems, many such environments have been analysed. E.g. by the EU SEGRID project (www.segrid.eu) where such models are also available for download.
Dear Osama
in our research programme on cyber security for energy systems we are developing a cyber security evaluation framework exploiting the complimentary goals of several tools and platforms. For the ICT simulations we have used and compared cyber security analyses performed with the network simulators ns2 and ns3, the network emulators CORE and the attack simulators securidCAD mentioned by Mathias. As for the cyber security analyses of the cyber-physical systems our framework integrates an ICT experimental platform with the power simulator Matpower.
Best regards
I guess the first part of my answer is very similar to Giovanna's. Here at the institute we are incorporating different simulators and models using co-simulation frameworks. Some of these frameworks we are also building within projects, for example mosaik https://mosaik.offis.de/ or Preprint Adversarial Resilience Learning - Towards Systemic Vulnerabi...
.The second part is even more generic: it greatly depends on what type of attacks you intend to consider, most fundamental, whether you are considering static or dynamic power system simulators.
Your research on the simulation and analysis of cyber attacks on Cyber-Physical Energy Systems (CPES) is an important and challenging endeavor. Indeed, combining multiple simulation and emulation tools is often necessary to model the complex interplay between cyber and physical components. Here are some insights and suggestions for your research:
Your research can contribute significantly to enhancing the security and resilience of Cyber-Physical Energy Systems, which are critical infrastructure components. Collaboration and knowledge sharing within the research community will be invaluable as you work to address the challenges in this field.
You might want to take a look into existing threat modelling languages, e.g. MAL or AEG. Furthermore different approaches for generation of attack paths.
Kind regards.
One more option to explore: https://www.tetcos.com/cyber-attack-electric-power-grid.html
Could anyone recommend research papers that integrate MATLAB/Simulink for power system modeling with NS-3 or NetSim for comm. network simulations, and then compare these results with theoretical models based on control theory in dynamical systems?
we model attacks involving both TCP and UDP network communication protocols? What electrical protocols are supported?
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