Diversified Cybersecurity Configuration for Detecting Compromised Smart Grid Devices

There has been an exponential increase in cyber attacks in the recent years. These attacks have also crossed the bridge into the industrial sector affecting the critical systems that are required to maintain the current lifestyle of a growing population.;One of the largest critical systems in existence is the power grid. In the recent years the grid has grown drastically and it is now being maintained and monitor over the internet. The old power grid is undergoing a vast transformation to become a smart grid. The introduction of smart grid technologies has led to amazing stability and reliability in the power grid.;The technologies have also opened up very unique vulnerabilities in the evolving smart grid. These attacks or threats can now come from all corners of the world that is why there is a great need for cyber security to be part of the initial design and development of the smart gird.;The paper is focused on maintaining up time of the smart grid substations. The principles that are used in the development of the new system are able to withstand the brunt of cyber attacks. These principles are tested under laboratory conditions where both the current system and the proposed system are implemented and evaluated.