Design of a cyber-physical energy laboratory

Abstract:
Complex power supply structures are increasingly the target of cyber attacks and potentially very attractive for attackers. The constantly increasing networking in the course of decentralization makes attack vectors even larger. In order to discover potential security gaps in supply structures and to estimate the potential impact, a comprehensive test environment is required. A holistic structure of network, control and field level is presented, which has sufficient depth of detail to scientifically investigate various scenarios and to investigate the behavior of real field and control components.