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A Stochastic Game-Theoretic Model for Smart Grid Communication Networks

Authors : Xiaobing He, Hermann de Meer

Published in: Decision and Game Theory for Security

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The increasing adoption of new information and communication technology assets in smart grids is making smart grids vulnerable to cyber threats, as well as raising numerous concerns about the adequacy of current security approaches. As a single act of penetration is often not sufficient for an attacker to achieve his/her goal, multistage cyber attacks may occur. This paper looks at the stochastic and dynamic nature of multistage cyber attacks in smart grid use cases and develops a stochastic game-theoretic model to capture the interactions between the attacker and the defender in multistage cyber attack scenarios. Due to the information asymmetry of the interactions between the attacker and the defender, neither of both players knows the exact current game state. This paper proposes a belief-updating mechanism for both players to form a common belief about the current game state. In order to assess threats of multistage cyber attacks, it further discusses the computation of Nash equilibria for the designed game model.

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Metadata
Title
A Stochastic Game-Theoretic Model for Smart Grid Communication Networks
Authors
Xiaobing He
Hermann de Meer
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Decision and Game Theory for Security

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-68710-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-68711-7

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68711-7_16

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