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most citedLarge Language Models for Power System Security: A Novel Multi-Modal Approach for Anomaly Detection in Energy Management Systems

9 citations · 16 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

cs.CR2026

Strategy Phasing of Cyber Attacks on Digital Substations

Akila Herath, Chen-Ching Liu, Junho Hong +1

Digital substations that comply with IEC 61850 have improved the operational efficiency of modern power systems. However, adversaries can abuse IEC 61850 communication to manipulat…

cs.CR2025

Evaluation of Real-Time Mitigation Techniques for Cyber Security in IEC 61850 / IEC 62351 Substations

Akila Herath, Chen-Ching Liu, Junho Hong +1

The digitalization of substations enlarges the cyber-attack surface, necessitating effective detection and mitigation of cyber attacks in digital substations. While machine learnin…

cs.CR2025

Generative AI for Critical Infrastructure in Smart Grids: A Unified Framework for Synthetic Data Generation and Anomaly Detection

Aydin Zaboli, Junho Hong

In digital substations, security events pose significant challenges to the sustained operation of power systems. To mitigate these challenges, the implementation of robust defense…

cs.CR2025★ 9 cited

Large Language Models for Power System Security: A Novel Multi-Modal Approach for Anomaly Detection in Energy Management Systems

Aydin Zaboli, Junho Hong, Alexandru Stefanov +2

This paper elaborates on an extensive security framework specifically designed for energy management systems (EMSs), which effectively tackles the dynamic environment of cybersecur…

cs.CR2025

An Advanced Cyber-Physical System Security Testbed for Substation Automation

Akila Herath, Chen-Ching Liu, Junho Hong +1

A Cyber-Physical System (CPS) testbed serves as a powerful platform for testing and validating cyber intrusion detection and mitigation strategies in substations. This study presen…

cs.LG2025

Detecting Zero-Day Attacks in Digital Substations via In-Context Learning

Faizan Manzoor, Vanshaj Khattar, Akila Herath +5

The occurrences of cyber attacks on the power grids have been increasing every year, with novel attack techniques emerging every year. In this paper, we address the critical challe…

cs.CR2024★ 1 cited

SDN-Based Smart Cyber Switching (SCS) for Cyber Restoration of a Digital Substation

Mansi Girdhar, Kuchan Park, Wencong Su +3

In recent years, critical infrastructure and power grids have increasingly been targets of cyber-attacks, causing widespread and extended blackouts. Digital substations are particu…

eess.SY2024

Machine Learning Based Cyber System Restoration for IEC 61850 Based Digital Substations

Kuchan Park, Mansi Girdhar, Junho Hong +3

Substation Automation Systems (SAS) that adhere to the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61850 standard have already been widely implemented across various on-site lo…

eess.SP2024

Leveraging Conversational Generative AI for Anomaly Detection in Digital Substations

Aydin Zaboli, Seong Lok Choi, Junho Hong

This study addresses critical challenges of cybersecurity in digital substations by proposing an innovative task-oriented dialogue (ToD) system for anomaly detection (AD) in multic…

eess.SY2024★ 3 cited

A Physics-Informed Context-Aware Approach for Anomaly Detection in Tele-driving Operations Under False Data Injection Attacks

Subhadip Ghosh, Aydin Zaboli, Junho Hong +1

Tele-operated driving (ToD) systems are special types of cyber-physical systems (CPSs) where the operator remotely controls the steering, acceleration, and braking actions of the v…

cs.CR2024★ 2 cited

A Novel Generative AI-Based Framework for Anomaly Detection in Multicast Messages in Smart Grid Communications

Aydin Zaboli, Seong Lok Choi, Tai-Jin Song +1

Cybersecurity breaches in digital substations can pose significant challenges to the stability and reliability of power system operations. To address these challenges, defense and…

cs.CR2023

SDN-Based Dynamic Cybersecurity Framework of IEC-61850 Communications in Smart Grid

Mansi Girdhar, Junho Hong, Wencong Su +2

In recent years, critical infrastructure and power grids have experienced a series of cyber-attacks, leading to temporary, widespread blackouts of considerable magnitude. Since mos…

cs.CR2023★ 1 cited

ChatGPT and Other Large Language Models for Cybersecurity of Smart Grid Applications

Aydin Zaboli, Seong Lok Choi, Tai-Jin Song +1

Cybersecurity breaches targeting electrical substations constitute a significant threat to the integrity of the power grid, necessitating comprehensive defense and mitigation strat…