Improving Cyber Security in Power Systems and Substation Automation Using Intelligent Based System
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Social Studies, Technology Integration, Phenomenology, Qualitative, In-Depth Interview, Focus Group Discussion, Thematic Analysis, Tagum City, PhilippinesAbstract
The constant failure in cyber security in power systems and substation automation that has crippled business activities that mostly depend on power to run their routine activities are caused by Lack of Adequate Security Measures, Human Error, Outdated Software and Hardware, Insufficient Training and Awareness, Insider Threats, Weak Access Control Mechanisms, Inadequate Network Segmentation, Failure to Patch Vulnerabilities, Complexity of the System, Third-Party Vendor Risks and Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerabilities. This is surmounted by introducing improved cyber security in power systems and substation automation using intelligent based system. To achieve this, it is done in this procedure characterizing and establishing the causes of failure in cyber security in power systems and substation automation, designing a SIMULINK model for cyber security in power systems and substation automation, designing a rule base that will reduce the causes of failure in cyber security in power systems and substation automation,training ANN in the rule base for effective reduction of causes of failure in cyber security in power systems and substation automation, developing an algorithm for the process, designing a SIMULINK model for improving cyber security in power systems and substation automation using intelligent based system and validating and justifying the percentage of improvement in the reduction of causes of failure in cyber security in power systems and substation automation. The results obtained were the conventional Lack of Adequate Security Measures that cause failure in improving cyber security in power systems and substation automation was 25%. On the other hand, when an intelligent based system was incorporated into the system, it drastically reduce the cause failure in improving cyber security in power systems and substation automation to 21.53%, the conventional outdated software and hardware that cause failure in improving cyber security in power systems and substation automation was 15%. Meanwhile, when an intelligent based system was inculcated in the system, it became reduced to 12.92% thereby enhancing the performance of cyber security in power systems and substation automation by 2.08%, the conventional Weak Access Control Mechanisms that cause failure in improving cyber security in power systems and substation automation was 8%. However, when an intelligent based system was integrated in the system, it was reduced to 6.9% and the conventional Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerabilities that cause failure in improving cyber security in power systems and substation automation was 2% while when an intelligent based system was incorporated in the system, it automatically reduced to 1.7%. Finally, with these results obtained, It vehemently shows that the percentage improvement in cyber security in power systems and substation automation was 0.3%.
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