Tensor-Based Cybersecurity Analysis of Smart Grids Using IT/OT Convergence

The expansion of cyberthreat landscape has been driving power utilities to investigate innovative methods for attack detection while leveraging the converged data generated across the grid Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) systems. In this paper, we propose a tensor-based c...

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Main Authors: Danial Jafarigiv, Keyhan Sheshyekani, Marthe Kassouf
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Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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description The expansion of cyberthreat landscape has been driving power utilities to investigate innovative methods for attack detection while leveraging the converged data generated across the grid Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) systems. In this paper, we propose a tensor-based cybersecurity data analysis method and we prove its efficiency using tensors of IT and OT data obtained through the cosimulation of an electricity distribution system using wireless Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology for synchrophasor communications. An approximate CANDECOMP/PARAFAC (CP) decomposition and Higher Order Singular Value Decomposition (HOSVD) are used to exploit the underlying hidden patterns in the low-rank data tensors. The effectiveness of the low-rank modeling using both decompositions is confirmed by demonstrating relatively low reconstruction error. A residual extraction method is also considered to distinguish the normal subspace of tensor dataset from the anomalous dataset resulting from the attacker actions. Finally, we highlight the intrusion detection performance of the proposed method compared to that of the Tensor Robust Principal Component Analysis (TRPCA) and the discrete-time nonlinear autoregressive neural network (NARX).
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spelling doaj-art-8b16bfd3b17245fcade6cdc63d6b82c42025-08-20T02:34:59ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362024-01-011219189319190610.1109/ACCESS.2024.351564210792896Tensor-Based Cybersecurity Analysis of Smart Grids Using IT/OT ConvergenceDanial Jafarigiv0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5801-9877Keyhan Sheshyekani1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5066-6391Marthe Kassouf2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-2350Hydro-Québec Research Institute, Varennes, QC, CanadaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, CanadaHydro-Québec Research Institute, Varennes, QC, CanadaThe expansion of cyberthreat landscape has been driving power utilities to investigate innovative methods for attack detection while leveraging the converged data generated across the grid Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) systems. In this paper, we propose a tensor-based cybersecurity data analysis method and we prove its efficiency using tensors of IT and OT data obtained through the cosimulation of an electricity distribution system using wireless Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology for synchrophasor communications. An approximate CANDECOMP/PARAFAC (CP) decomposition and Higher Order Singular Value Decomposition (HOSVD) are used to exploit the underlying hidden patterns in the low-rank data tensors. The effectiveness of the low-rank modeling using both decompositions is confirmed by demonstrating relatively low reconstruction error. A residual extraction method is also considered to distinguish the normal subspace of tensor dataset from the anomalous dataset resulting from the attacker actions. Finally, we highlight the intrusion detection performance of the proposed method compared to that of the Tensor Robust Principal Component Analysis (TRPCA) and the discrete-time nonlinear autoregressive neural network (NARX).https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10792896/CosimulationCP decompositioncyberattackdistribution gridIT/OT convergenceLTE network
spellingShingle Danial Jafarigiv
Keyhan Sheshyekani
Marthe Kassouf
Tensor-Based Cybersecurity Analysis of Smart Grids Using IT/OT Convergence
IEEE Access
Cosimulation
CP decomposition
cyberattack
distribution grid
IT/OT convergence
LTE network
title Tensor-Based Cybersecurity Analysis of Smart Grids Using IT/OT Convergence
title_full Tensor-Based Cybersecurity Analysis of Smart Grids Using IT/OT Convergence
title_fullStr Tensor-Based Cybersecurity Analysis of Smart Grids Using IT/OT Convergence
title_full_unstemmed Tensor-Based Cybersecurity Analysis of Smart Grids Using IT/OT Convergence
title_short Tensor-Based Cybersecurity Analysis of Smart Grids Using IT/OT Convergence
title_sort tensor based cybersecurity analysis of smart grids using it ot convergence
topic Cosimulation
CP decomposition
cyberattack
distribution grid
IT/OT convergence
LTE network
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10792896/
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