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Safe and Secure Software-Defined Networks for Smart Electricity Substations

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The next generation of smart electricity substations and grids are on the horizon. Part of the drive behind this movement is a need to improve safety and security. In parallel, software-defined networking has been proposed as a disruptive approach when deployed in these environments, presenting the opportunity to deploy novel functionality alongside existing forwarding behaviour. The benefits of software-defined networking are clear. Yet, if this technology is deployed without due care and attention, then it has the potential to reduce the safety and security of energy systems. In this paper we identify the aspects that must be considered to maintain the stringent requirements imposed by substation networks. With these as a basis, we provide recommendations for the successful deployment of software-defined networking technologies in these environments. We then demonstrate how additional functionality can be brought to the network without violating these requirements.

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  1. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czechia

    Filip Holik

  2. School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK

    Matthew Broadbent & Nicholas Race

  3. AIT Austria Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria

    Mislav Findrik & Paul Smith

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  1. Kielce University of Technology, Kielce, Poland

    Paweł Sitek

  2. Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland

    Marcin Pietranik

  3. Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wrocław, Poland

    Marek Krótkiewicz

  4. King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand

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Holik, F., Broadbent, M., Findrik, M., Smith, P., Race, N. (2020). Safe and Secure Software-Defined Networks for Smart Electricity Substations. In: Sitek, P., Pietranik, M., Krótkiewicz, M., Srinilta, C. (eds) Intelligent Information and Database Systems. ACIIDS 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1178. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3380-8_16

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