Design and Evaluation of Multidimensional CNN Simulation Framework
against Synchrophasor Data Spoofing Attacks and Correction for
Cyber-Resiliency in Power System
Abstract
The increasing demand on synchronized measurements obtained from Phasor
Measurement Units (PMUs) has further increased potential threats,
including data spoofing attacks. Such attacks on the synchronized
measurements might greatly undermine the dynamic state estimation and
important power system applications. In this work, an integrated
framework consisting of Cyber Physical (CPS) testbed and
multidimensional Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) simulation framework
is proposed to classify the data spoofing attacks on the generated real
world synchrophasor data. This work uses a source authentication-based
detection technique by extracting the spatial fingerprint information
from PMU data. This information is provided as inputs to the
Multi-Dimensional CNN (MD CNN) simulation framework. Finally, a robust
correction algorithm using Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) for
reconstruction of spoofed PMU signal is proposed to eliminate bad
measurements and enhance the integrity and reliability of synchrophasor
data. Finally, the results of the proposed MD CNN classification
framework and GAN based signal reconstruction algorithm are validated
against the results obtained using traditional methods to validate the
effectiveness of the proposed approach. Thus, the proposed framework
aims at ensuring the cyber resilience of power grids to ensure its safe
and reliable operation.