Paper Info
Title
Capitalizing on SDN-based SCADA systems: An anti-eavesdropping case-study
Abstract
Power grids are responsible for the transmission and distribution of electricity to end-users. These systems are undergoing a modernization process through the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), transforming the electric system into Smart Grids. In this context, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are responsible for the management and monitoring of substations and field devices. In this paper, we investigate the use of SDN as an approach to assist in the modernization of SCADA systems. We discuss its possible benefits, such as simplified management of power system resources. Moreover, SDN can facilitate the creation of new network applications that previously, with traditional networks, were more complex to be implemented. To illustrate the benefits of the use of SDN in SCADA, we designed a mechanism that aims to prevent a possible eavesdropper from fully capturing communication flows between SCADA components. The mechanism was implemented as an SDN-based application for SCADA systems that uses multipath routing, which relies on SDN features to frequently modify communication routes between SCADA devices. Further, we performed an experimental evaluation to verify the impact and performance of the mechanism in the SCADA network.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/INM.2015.7140289
2015 IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM)
Keywords
Field
DocType
SDN-based SCADA systems,power grids,electricity transmission,electricity distribution,information and communication technology,ICT,electric system,smart grids,supervisory control and data acquisition,substations management,substations monitoring,field devices,power system resources management,network applications,communication flows,SCADA components,multipath routing,communication routes,SCADA devices,SCADA network performance,software-defined networking
Multipath routing,Eavesdropping,Smart grid,Computer science,Electricity,Computer network,Electric power system,DNP3,Information and Communications Technology,SCADA,Distributed computing
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1573-0077
10
0.54
References 
Authors
17
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Eduardo Germano da Silva1161.30
Luis Augusto Dias Knob2112.25
Juliano Araujo Wickboldt319821.08
Luciano Paschoal Gaspary443352.11
Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville5924107.68
Alberto E. Schaeffer Filho612220.30