Electricity Distribution Cyber Security in German and North American Market Area
Nuorva, Matti-Pekka (2022)
2022
Sähkötekniikan DI-ohjelma - Master's Programme in Electrical Engineering
Informaatioteknologian ja viestinnän tiedekunta - Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
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2022-12-13
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202212109036
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202212109036
Tiivistelmä
The purpose of this work was to investigate the feasibility of developing a Cyber Security solution for a Bulk Electric System, or its components, that is equally compliant with standardizations of German and North American market area. The purpose for this investigation was to assess this possibility both as a means of enhancing security, and as a valid operational strategy to multinational operators.
For this purpose, two significant sources of market demands from the two market areas, NERC-CIP for USA and BDEW Whitepaper for Germany, were assessed and compared to form a larger set of combined demands and two Case Studies were made to illustrate said demands. The purpose of assessing and comparing the standards was to find which demands were either exclusive to one standard, mutually compatible, or mutually incompatible. The mutually compatible standards were included in the formulated combined demands. No mutually incompatible demands were found. These combined demands were demonstrated in the Case Studies, which were about designing a HMI-PC and arranging Remote Access to said HMI-PC. The combined demands and their significance for the Case Studies were also discussed near the end of the work.
The results of the work were conclusive in showing that the two standards can be combined in a beneficial way. The standard demands were largely compatible with each other. They approached the same topics with similar measures, albeit with different emphases, and did not make significant exclusive demands. As a result, they may be feasibly combined, as shown in the Case Studies.
For this purpose, two significant sources of market demands from the two market areas, NERC-CIP for USA and BDEW Whitepaper for Germany, were assessed and compared to form a larger set of combined demands and two Case Studies were made to illustrate said demands. The purpose of assessing and comparing the standards was to find which demands were either exclusive to one standard, mutually compatible, or mutually incompatible. The mutually compatible standards were included in the formulated combined demands. No mutually incompatible demands were found. These combined demands were demonstrated in the Case Studies, which were about designing a HMI-PC and arranging Remote Access to said HMI-PC. The combined demands and their significance for the Case Studies were also discussed near the end of the work.
The results of the work were conclusive in showing that the two standards can be combined in a beneficial way. The standard demands were largely compatible with each other. They approached the same topics with similar measures, albeit with different emphases, and did not make significant exclusive demands. As a result, they may be feasibly combined, as shown in the Case Studies.