Publications
2021
Fu, Yangyang; O’Neill, Zheng; Yang, Zhiyao; Adetola, Veronica; Wen, Jin; Ren, Lingyu; Wagner, Tim; Zhu, Qi; Wu, Terresa
Modeling and evaluation of cyber-attacks on grid-interactive efficient buildings Journal Article
In: Applied Energy, vol. 303, pp. 117639, 2021, ISSN: 0306-2619.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Cyber-attacks, Demand flexibility, Grid-interactive efficient buildings
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title = {Modeling and evaluation of cyber-attacks on grid-interactive efficient buildings},
author = {Yangyang Fu and Zheng O'Neill and Zhiyao Yang and Veronica Adetola and Jin Wen and Lingyu Ren and Tim Wagner and Qi Zhu and Terresa Wu},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261921010060},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117639},
issn = {0306-2619},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
journal = {Applied Energy},
volume = {303},
pages = {117639},
abstract = {Grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs) are not only exposed to passive threats (e.g., physical faults) but also active threats such as cyber-attacks launched on the network-based control systems. The impact of cyber-attacks on GEB operation are not yet fully understood, especially as regards the performance of grid services. To quantify the consequences of cyber-attacks on GEBs, this paper proposes a modeling and simulation framework that includes different cyber-attack models and key performance indexes to quantify the performance of GEB operation under cyber-attacks. The framework is numerically demonstrated to model and evaluate cyber-attacks such as data intrusion attacks and Denial-of-Service attacks on a typical medium-sized office building that uses the BACnet/IP protocol for communication networks. Simulation results show that, while different types of attacks could compromise the building systems to different extents, attacks via the remote control of a chiller yield the most significant consequences on a building system’s operation, including both the building service and the grid service. It is also noted that a cyber-attack impacts the building systems during the attack period as well as the post-attack period, which suggests that both periods should be considered to fully evaluate the consequences of a cyber-attack.},
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Grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs) are not only exposed to passive threats (e.g., physical faults) but also active threats such as cyber-attacks launched on the network-based control systems. The impact of cyber-attacks on GEB operation are not yet fully understood, especially as regards the performance of grid services. To quantify the consequences of cyber-attacks on GEBs, this paper proposes a modeling and simulation framework that includes different cyber-attack models and key performance indexes to quantify the performance of GEB operation under cyber-attacks. The framework is numerically demonstrated to model and evaluate cyber-attacks such as data intrusion attacks and Denial-of-Service attacks on a typical medium-sized office building that uses the BACnet/IP protocol for communication networks. Simulation results show that, while different types of attacks could compromise the building systems to different extents, attacks via the remote control of a chiller yield the most significant consequences on a building system’s operation, including both the building service and the grid service. It is also noted that a cyber-attack impacts the building systems during the attack period as well as the post-attack period, which suggests that both periods should be considered to fully evaluate the consequences of a cyber-attack.