Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy

ISSN 2196-5625 CN 32-1884/TK

Game-theoretical Model for Dynamic Defense Resource Allocation in Cyber-physical Power Systems Under Distributed Denial of Service Attacks
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1.College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
2.Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou 311100, China

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This work was supported by the “Pioneer” and “Leading Goose” R&D Program of Zhejiang (No. 2022C01239), National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52177119), and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Zhejiang University NGICS Platform).

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    Electric power grids are evolving into complex cyber-physical power systems (CPPSs) that integrate advanced information and communication technologies (ICTs) but face increasing cyberspace threats and attacks. This study considers CPPS cyberspace security under distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and proposes a nonzero-sum game-theoretical model with incomplete information for appropriate allocation of defense resources based on the availability of limited resources. Task time delay is applied to quantify the expected utility as CPPSs have high time requirements and incur massive damage DDoS attacks. Different resource allocation strategies are adopted by attackers and defenders under the three cases of attack-free, failed attack, and successful attack, which lead to a corresponding consumption of resources. A multidimensional node value analysis is designed to introduce physical and cybersecurity indices. Simulation experiments and numerical results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed model for the appropriate allocation of defense resources in CPPSs under limited resource availability.

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  • Received:August 18,2022
  • Revised:December 09,2022
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  • Online: January 22,2024
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