With the development of digitalisation and intelligence, the power system has been upgraded from the traditional single energy transmission and conversion system to a complex cyber-physical power system (CPPS) with tightly coupled energy and information flows. The cyber-physical power system achieves the controllability and observability of the power system through ubiquitous sensing technology, advanced measurement technology, and powerful information processing technology. However, the large number of intelligent electronic device accesses and frequent information interactions in CPPS make it more vulnerable and susceptible to be attacked than any previous single structured system. Viruses and intrusions can attack the CPPS through the cyber subsystem, which in turn can deal a fatal blow to the energy supply physical system. Because of the above problems, malicious attacks against CPPS have been occurring in recent years and have generated a great deal of scholarly attention. This paper precisely focusses on this problem, by profiling the structure of CPPS and the potential threats, conducting an in-depth analysis of CPPS attack modes from the cyber and physical subsystems, and summarising the three-level security defence methods for CPPS in detail. Finally, the future technological development prospects of CPPS security research are explicitly addressed, which will provide technical support for building reliable, safe, and robust energy systems.
K E Y W O R D Scoordinated cyber-physical attacks, cyber-physical power system, false data injection attacks, intrusion detection, security information and event management
| INTRODUCTIONIn recent years, with the development of computer technology, communication network, and intelligent devices, the traditional energy and power system with physical equipment as the core is gradually combined more closely with information and communication technology and gradually evolved into Cyber-Physical Power System (CPPS), which is a multi-dimensional heterogeneous system integrating control, computing and communication. The structure of CPPS is shown in Figure 1.In CPPS, a large number of power physical devices are connected to the information and communication system through intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) to accomplish ubiquitous sensing data collection, edge computing state identification, and system regulation and control for optimal operation. Therefore, the CPPS includes complex sensing, communication, computation, and control, and covers all This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.