SealedGRID: Scalable, trustEd, and interoperAble pLatform for sEcureD smart GRID

Farao, Aristeidis; Ntantogian, Christoforos; Istrate, Cristiana; Suciu, George; Xenakis, Christos

doi:10.14236/ewic/icscsr19.10

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“…to proper management of DERs for the joint benefit of the end-users and the aggregator or DSO), in particular blockchain-based virtual power plants (VPPs) and smart grids (SGs) [173]. Therefore, some VPPbased developments such as those presented in [30], [174]- [178] and smart grid-based developments as [149], [179]- [181] show a high degree of adoption of both approaches in the proper management of DER from different levels (operational, financial, security, among other fields), given that these approaches are aimed at contributing to the process of decentralization of the electricity grids through interaction with the existing infrastructure, always prioritizing the economic and social benefits represented by DERs.…”

Section: E Decentralized Energy Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Blockchain for Distributed Energy Resources Management and Integration

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Power grids all over the world are transitioning towards a decentralized structure. Under such a transition, blockchain technology is emerging as a potential solution for technical, deployment and decentralization issues, given its security, integrity, decentralized nature and required infrastructure. Moreover, blockchain technology offers excellent features like non-repudiation and immutability which makes it a promising application for DER integration and management on reliability factors. In this paper, a comprehensive review of blockchain applications for DER management and integration is presented. First, a blockchain-based literature review of research activities in the DER integration area and related tasks including entrepreneurial efforts is carried out. Next, the different opportunities and challenges of DER integration and management in power grids, i.e., centralization, regulatory support, development costs are discussed. Finally, some key research challenges and opportunities of including blockchain technology to DER integration and management issues are presented.INDEX TERMS Blockchain, Distributed energy resources (DER), Distributed ledger technologies, Consensus algorithms.

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Section: E Decentralized Energy Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Apart from smart grid data management some of the other big data platforms developed include: In [30], 'SealedGRID' a highly trusted and interoperable smart grid security platform has been presented which abides the blockchain concept with the web of trust. An anamoly detection framework has also been proposed based on big data and machine learning using the blockcahin technology [31].…”

Section: ) Cidap -Big Data Platform For Smart Citiesmentioning

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Big Data Management in Smart Grids: Technologies and Challenges

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Smart grids are re-engineering the electricity transmission and distribution system throughout the world. It is an amalgam of increased digital information with the electrical power grids. Managing the data generated from the grid efficiently is the key to successful knowledge extraction from the smart grid big data. Most of the scientific advancements are becoming data-driven and becoming an interesting area of research for data scientists. It is challenging the world computationally enough to develop new storage methods and data processing technologies. Managing big data involves data cleaning, integration of varied data sources, and decision-making applications. This paper focuses on the study of big data management and proposes a management process to help manage the data in the grid. Data management tools and techniques have been leveraged in understanding the sources and data types in the grid. The paper emphasizes the limitations of the existing solutions inclined towards applications of the smart grid big data.

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“…In this work, we aim to align with this practice by provisioning TAs that implement only the required and most sensitive components of the platform functionality. We aim to develop functionalities that can and will be reused at different points in the different components of the SealedGRID entities [ 29 , 30 ]. This way, we aim to provide a minimal, efficient, and as-secure-as possible trusted computing component implementation that can provide only the essential functionalities.…”

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“…According to the identified use cases [ 30 ] of trusted computing within the project, the basic functionalities that need support from this module are the identity validation/authentication process and the secure storage of the collected digital evidence. Given the flexibility of the proposed architecture, it can support these functionalities and any other future-identified functionality as it will provide drop-in replacement APIs for the required functionality (see Figure 4 ).…”

Section: Trusted Computing Componentmentioning

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SealedGRID: Secure and Interoperable Platform for Smart GRID Applications

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Sachian²,

Vulpe

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Recent advancements in information and communication technologies (ICT) have improved the power grid, leading to what is known as the smart grid, which, as part of a critical economic and social infrastructure, is vulnerable to security threats from the use of ICT and new emerging vulnerabilities and privacy issues. Access control is a fundamental element of a security infrastructure, and security is based on the principles of less privilege, zero-trust, and segregation of duties. This work addresses how access control can be applied without disrupting the power grid’s functioning while also properly maintaining the security, scalability, and interoperability of the smart grid. The authentication in the platform presumes digital certificates using a web of trust. This paper presents the findings of the SealedGRID project, and the steps taken for implementing Attribute-based access control policies specifically customized to the smart grid. The outcome is to develop a novel, hierarchical architecture composed of different licensing entities that manages access to resources within the network infrastructure. They are based on well-drawn policy rules and the security side of these resources is placed through a context awareness module. Together with this technology, the IoT is used with Big Data (facilitating easy handling of large databases). Another goal of this paper is to present implementation and evaluations details of a secure and scalable security platform for the smart grid.

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SealedGRID: Scalable, trustEd, and interoperAble pLatform for sEcureD smart GRID

Cited by 4 publications

References 23 publications

Blockchain for Distributed Energy Resources Management and Integration

Blockchain for Distributed Energy Resources Management and Integration

Big Data Management in Smart Grids: Technologies and Challenges

SealedGRID: Secure and Interoperable Platform for Smart GRID Applications

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