| Title |
An Inquire into Test Bed Compositions in Assessing the Security of a Soft Redundancy Sub-Station System with Auto-Restoration |
| Authors |
Hyeong-Seok Choi ; Chang-Gi Jin ; Gi-Deok Bae |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5207/JIEIE.2012.26.7.099 |
| Keywords |
SCADA ; Sub-Station ; VPN ; Soft Redundancy ; Auto Restore |
| Abstract |
Sub-station, key equipment in electric power infrastructure, are being exposed to increasing risk of hacking. For this, soft redundancy sub-station system needs to be formulated with automatic restoration mechanism. For this it is important to assess the reliability of the applicable range of data that are used in actual system operation, as well as the methods and findings of the tests. At the same time performance of soft redundancy system and total security mechanism, which are aligned for the protection of the sub-station, need to be tested. For testing the above-mentioned, this paper presented a viable formation of a soft redundancy practical VPN system within a panel to protect the latter from hacking or cracking incidences, and conducts a test to check if the considered system actually serves the protection function in the actual operation setting, gathering evidence from the data from the testing of the actual performance of the system as well as of emergency scenario simulation operations. Because tested soft-redundancy & restorative sub-station system is expected to be widely applicable for various cases such as Smart-grid or electricity IT system, where VPN with enhanced level of security is required. |