A review of cyber–physical security for photovoltaic systems

J Ye, A Giani, A Elasser, SK Mazumder… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, the challenges and a future vision of the cyber–physical security of
photovoltaic (PV) systems are discussed from a firmware, network, PV converter controls …

An overview of cyber-resilient smart inverters based on practical attack models

BH Ahn, T Kim, S Ahmad, SK Mazumder… - … on Power Electronics, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With high penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs), power systems are
increasingly transforming into distributed power grids, which provide grid automation …

A review of cybersecurity in grid-connected power electronics converters: Vulnerabilities, countermeasures, and testbeds

R Fu, ME Lichtenwalner, TJ Johnson - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the increasing installations of solar energy, electric vehicles, and other distributed
energy resources and the deeper developments of digitalization and standardization …

A recommender system for tracking vulnerabilities

P Huff, K McClanahan, T Le, Q Li - Proceedings of the 16th International …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Mitigating vulnerabilities in software requires first identifying the vulnerabilities with an
organization's software assets. This seemingly trivial task involves maintaining vendor …

Dynamic risk-aware patch scheduling

F Zhang, Q Li - 2020 IEEE Conference on Communications …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Every month, many new software vulnerabilities are discovered and published which will
pose security risks to power grid systems if they are exploited by attackers. Thus the …

Blockchain-enabled security module for transforming conventional inverters toward firmware security-enhanced smart inverters

B Ahn, G Bere, S Ahmad, J Choi… - 2021 IEEE Energy …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the traditional inverters are transforming toward more intelligent inverters with advanced
information and communication technologies, the cyber-attack surface has been remarkably …

A machine learning-based approach for automated vulnerability remediation analysis

F Zhang, P Huff, K McClanahan… - 2020 IEEE Conference on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Security vulnerabilities in firmware/software pose an important threat ton power grid security,
and thus electric utility companies should quickly decide how to remediate vulnerabilities …

Blockchain-based firmware security check and recovery for smart inverters

G Bere, B Ahn, JJ Ochoa, T Kim… - 2021 IEEE Applied …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The importance of cybersecurity for inverters has been significantly increasing as inverters
become smarter by using advanced network and computing power from cyber systems. This …

Secure firmware update and device authentication for smart inverters using blockchain and phyiscally uncloable function (puf)-embedded security module

J Choi, B Ahn, S Pedavalli, S Ahmad… - 2021 6th IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cybersecurity of inverters has been significantly important as inverters become smarter in
cyber-physical environments. However, firmware security of smart inverters against firmware …

NERC CIP standards: review, compliance, and training

GA Francia III, E El-Sheikh - Global Perspectives on Information …, 2022 - igi-global.com
The critical infrastructure protection (CIP) set of standards is developed by the North
American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to ensure the protection of assets used to …