Securing Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure

Minimize cyber-attack of electric vehicle charging

Electric vehicle charging infrastructure is required to support residential, commercial, and fleet vehicles and as a result, hacks into these systems are predicted to increase. Cyber-attacks not only represent a threat to a product end-user, but access to this connected system also can affect a local energy grid, thereby threatening critical national infrastructure.

Utah presents a Moving Target Defense (MTD) strategy for use in EV charging cyber-security applications. The developed Majority Vote Moving Target Defense via Data Replication (MVMTDR) framework limits the ability of an attacker to gain access to an EV infrastructure system. The MVMTDR framework utilizes two layers of uncertainty, RRA, and MVI, against the power distribution system.
Using the MVMTDR framework only allows an attacker to observe system data on a sporadic & intermittent basis due to the inactivity of the compromised signal, thereby minimizing an attacker's ability to compromise system operations.

Basic Principles Coded

• Limit an attacker's ability to carry out a false data injection (FDI) attack on an EV infrastructure.

• Increase uncertainty of attacks realizing improved system security.

Decentralized Moving Target Defense for Microgrid Protection Against False-Data Injection Attacks, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID, VOL. 13, NO. 5, SEPTEMBER 2022

Publication Number: US20240267407A1
Patent Title: SECURITY SYSTEMS, METHODS, STORAGE MEDIUM FOR INCREASING SECURITY OF DEVICES UTILIZING A COMMUNICATION
Jurisdiction/Country: United States
Application Type: Non-Provisional

Clay Macomber
u6072657@utah.edu