Cybersecurity of the Power Production and Distribution of Critical Infrastructure

Cybersecurity Program, Risk Assessment

Abstract

The paper presents a structured, comprehensive, and universally applicable approach to the management of cyber security of the power production and distribution of critical electricity national infrastructure. A complete and comprehensive Program based on current legislation and established standards is the basis of cyber security management of critical power infrastructure. Mutually complementary activities of risk assessment and Business Impact Analysis BIA achieve a satisfactory level of industrial processes continuity of critical electric infrastructure. Vulnerabilities with associated risks against the continuity and integrity of the industrial processes of electricity production and distribution based on underlying national critical infrastructure, and newly created vulnerabilities as a result of the consequent deregulation and liberalization of the electricity market, such as the service flexibility of the electricity distribution system, aggregation and energy communities, e-mobility, balancing, auxiliary services, congestion management, and consumption management, have yet to be incorporated and appropriately treated within the framework defined by the Program and presented in this paper.