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According to the World Development Indicators of the world bank, the Electric power consumption in the world increases year by year, which contributes to the great change of the structure of power system. It varies from traditional power grid system to smart grid, and develops towards Cyber-Physical Systems.
In addition to the characteristics of high efficiency and energy saving, the smart grid also exposes many security problems, like cyber-attack. With the tight combination of communication network and power grid, many hackers take the opportunity to launch cyber-attacks on the power grid, resulting in many blackout events, which will cause huge economic and resource losses.
So, it¡¯s urgent to pay more attention to the security and stability of smart grid to prevent further damages from cyber-attacks.
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