CENTER Energy: A Secure Testbed Infrastructure Proposal for Electricity Power Grid

Abstract

Due to the critical location of industrial control systems, any vulnerability or threat to their security can seriously affect public order. Today, there is a need for testbed centers that offer a working environment in order to ensure the security controls of critical infrastructures integrated with information technologies and to carry out new studies. For this reason, a testbed center called Center Energy has been established in order to carry out studies on the critical infrastructure of the electrical power grid for purposes such as education, security researchs, and the development of national/international attack and defense solutions. In this study, information about the architectural structure of Center Energy, implemented according to the Purdue model, and the process scope of the substation and distribution center owned by the electricity transmission and distribution companies, SCADA and data management are given, as well as the SOC implemented in accordance with the Defense in Depth approach of this architecture. Studies related to its activities are also presented.