Cybersecurity in Power Grids: Standards and Research Challenges

arXiv:2609.16928 · cs.CR, cs.SY, eess.SY · Submitted 2026-09-15 · Read on arXiv

cs.CR, cs.SY, eess.SY

Submitted: 2026-09-15

Updated: 2026-09-15

Journal ref: Not sent to any journal 2026

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The gist: This paper examines Smart Grid cybersecurity, emphasizing the critical distinctions between IT and OT environments.

Terminology

• False Data Injection — 3× in this paper
• Hypergraph — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Core — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Cyber-Physical State Estimation — 2× in this paper
• Intelligent Electronic Device — 2× in this paper
• Operational Technology — 2× in this paper
• Verification — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accountability — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Actor — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Distribution System Operator — 1× in this paper
• False Data Injection (FDI) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• GNNs — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Identification and Authentication Control — 1× in this paper
• Information Technology — 1× in this paper
• Intrusion Detection Systems — 1× in this paper
• Machine Learning — 1× in this paper
• Modularity — 1× in this paper · explained in 9 episodes
• Physical Constraints — 1× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Public Key Infrastructure — 1× in this paper
• Redundancy — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Role-Based Access Control — 1× in this paper
• Transformer — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Transmission System Operator — 1× in this paper

Abstract

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