cybersecurity of electrical grid
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CYBERSECURITY OF ELECTRICAL
GRID
Marius Celskis
Information security manager, Litgrid
Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP)
Certified Incident Handler (ECIH)
CompTIA Security+ Certified Professional
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Power system
Power plant
generates
electricity
Transformer
steps up
voltage for
transmission
Transmission
lines carry
electricity long
distances
Distribution
lines carry
electricity to
houses
Transformer
steps down
voltage
Consumers
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700
MW
500
MW
Electricity transmission never stops
1945
Power system
1970
Infrastructuredevelopment
1990
Restoration of independence
2010
Closure of Ignalina NPP
2016
LitPol Link andNordBalt
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• > 7 000 km lines and
substations of 400,
330, 110 kV
transmission grid
• > 2 500 km optical
cable
The grid
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Management system
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Different actors
Operators Regulators Manufacturers
IntegratorsService
providersProducers
Consumers
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• 2013 California sniper attack on
substation
• 1996 IRA planned attack on London HV
electrical substations
• 1959–72 KGB plan to destroy two large
hydroelectric dams in Montana
Attacks on electrical grid
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• 1982 Siberian gas pipeline explosion
• 2010 Stuxnet
• 2013 "some disruption" at the nuclear
power plant by cyber attack
• 2015 Ukraine power distribution grid
attack
Cyber attacks on control
systems
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Cybersecurity requirements
Local laws Contractual obligations
Best practices
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• ENTSO-E security practices
• NIST 800-82 Guide to Industrial Control
Systems (ICS) Security
• NISTIR 7628 Guidelines for Smart Grid
Cybersecurity
• NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection
Best practices
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• BDEW Requirements for Secure Control
and Telecommunication Systems
• ISA/IEC-62443 Security for industrial
automation and control systems
• IEEE 1686 Standard for Intelligent
Electronic Devices Cyber Security
Capabilities
Best practices (cont.)
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• Penetration tests
• Social engineering tests
• Awareness program
• Continuity plans for blackout
• Recovery exercises
• Redundant high security operational and
data centers
• Participating in NATO ENSECCOE and
MoD trainings
Protection
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Litgrid mission:
Ensure reliable transmission of
electricity and enable
competition in the open
electricity market
Litgrid vision:
Full integration of the Lithuanian
power system into the European
power infrastructure and the
common electricity market