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Security Challenges in Energy Flexibility Markets: A Threat Modelling-Based Cyber-Security Analysis

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Flexibility markets are crucial for balancing the decentralised and renewable-driven energy landscape. This paper presents a security evaluation of a flexibility market system using a threat modelling approach. A reference architecture for a typical flexibility market system is proposed, and attack graph-driven simulations are performed to analyse potential attack pathways where malicious actors might infiltrate the system and the vulnerabilities they might exploit. Key findings include the identification of high-risk areas, such as the Internet links between market actors. To mitigate these risks, the paper proposes and evaluates multiple protection scenarios in reducing the identified attack vectors. The findings underline the importance of multi-layered security strategies to safeguard flexibility markets from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.

Source: Electronics

DOI: 10.3390/electronics13224522

Authors: Zeeshan Afzal, Mathias Ekstedt, Nils Müller, Preetam Mukherjee

Institutions: Linköping University, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology

Language: English

Topic: Smart Grid Security and Resilience

Subfield: Control and Systems Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,728