Microgrid Cyber-Security: Review and Challenges toward Resilience
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Abstract
The importance of looking into microgrid security is getting more crucial due to the cyber vulnerabilities introduced by digitalization and the increasing dependency on information and communication technology (ICT) systems. Especially with a current academic unanimity on the incremental significance of the microgrid’s role in building the future smart grid, this article addresses the existing approaches attending to cyber-physical security in power systems from a microgrid-oriented perspective. First, we start with a brief descriptive review of the most commonly used terms in the latest relevant literature, followed by a comprehensive presentation of the recent efforts explored in a manner that helps the reader to choose the appropriate future research direction among several fields.
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OpenAlex topics: Smart Grid Security and Resilience · Microgrid Control and Optimization · Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
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IRIMAS Laboratory, University of Haute Alsace, 61 rue Albert Camus, 68093 Mulhouse, France
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