Venkatachary Sampath Kumar, Alagappan Annamalai, Andrews Leo John Baptist
Grant Thornton, Plot 50370, Acumen Park, Fairgrounds, Gaborone, Botswana.
Department of Network and Infrastructure Management, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Botho University, Gaborone, Botswana.
Energy Inform. 2021;4(1):5. doi: 10.1186/s42162-021-00139-7. Epub 2021 Mar 31.
Distributed generators (D.G.'s) enable us to generate, supply and be self-reliant on power while also allows us to supply power to meet the demand through virtual power plants. The virtual power plants also help us analyse, control, optimise, and help bridge the gap of demand and supply in these vast energy requirements. With this also comes challenges associated with securing physical systems, data protection and information privacy. Recent technological advancements have aided cybercriminals to disrupt operations by carrying out deliberate attacks on the energy sector. Though security researchers have tried to mitigate the risks, vulnerabilities, and it remains a challenge. This paper aims to present a comprehensive Edge-based security architecture to help reduce the risks and help secure the physical systems and ensure privacy and data protection.
分布式发电机使我们能够发电、供电并实现电力自给自足，同时还能通过虚拟电厂供电以满足需求。虚拟电厂还有助于我们对这些巨大的能源需求进行分析、控制、优化，并帮助弥合供需差距。随之而来的还有与物理系统安全、数据保护和信息隐私相关的挑战。最近的技术进步帮助网络犯罪分子通过对能源部门进行蓄意攻击来扰乱运营。尽管安全研究人员试图降低风险和漏洞，但这仍然是一个挑战。本文旨在提出一种全面的基于边缘的安全架构，以帮助降低风险，保障物理系统安全，并确保隐私和数据保护。
