TY - GEN
T1 - AVAIL
T2 - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids, SmartGridComm 2018
AU - Tesfay, Teklemariam
AU - Jamei, Mahdi
AU - Scaglione, Anna
AU - Hedman, Mojdeh
AU - Hedman, Kory
AU - Bazzi, Rida
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by NSF grant NSF-CPS #1449080 and by the Director, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems program, of the U.S. Department of Energy, under contracts DE-AC02-05CH11231 and DEOE0000780. Any opinions, and findings expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the sponsors.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/12/24
Y1 - 2018/12/24
N2 - To address the need for trusted information across bulk power systems, our paper proposes a new type of distributed ledger (or Blockchain), for a shared management of sensitive information in power systems. We call our Blockchain design the Assured Volt Ampere Information Ledger (AVAIL). The AVAIL' abstractions fit data needs of prototypical grid applications in wide area protection and control, energy management systems, and markets. The contribution of this paper is to draw directly from the distinct requirements of these applications and the valid assumptions about the adversaries, to shape the AVAIL abstractions. AVAIL is unique for the following features: 1) Adversarial model: Our design principles consider an adversarial model where attacks affect physical resources; 2) Non-binary validity: In our setting we allow for a spectrum of validity; 3) Validity enforcement: Validity in our setting is governed by physical laws.
AB - To address the need for trusted information across bulk power systems, our paper proposes a new type of distributed ledger (or Blockchain), for a shared management of sensitive information in power systems. We call our Blockchain design the Assured Volt Ampere Information Ledger (AVAIL). The AVAIL' abstractions fit data needs of prototypical grid applications in wide area protection and control, energy management systems, and markets. The contribution of this paper is to draw directly from the distinct requirements of these applications and the valid assumptions about the adversaries, to shape the AVAIL abstractions. AVAIL is unique for the following features: 1) Adversarial model: Our design principles consider an adversarial model where attacks affect physical resources; 2) Non-binary validity: In our setting we allow for a spectrum of validity; 3) Validity enforcement: Validity in our setting is governed by physical laws.
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U2 - 10.1109/SmartGridComm.2018.8587601
DO - 10.1109/SmartGridComm.2018.8587601
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85061033406
T3 - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids, SmartGridComm 2018
BT - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids, SmartGridComm 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 29 October 2018 through 31 October 2018
ER -