Doney Abraham

Doney Abraham

Ph.D. started in: 2020
Expected year of graduation: 2023
COINS consortium member: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Supervised by: Sule Yildirim-Yayilgan
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Research area: Network Security
Project title: Cybersecurity of IoT enabled Smart Grids
Project description: Some of key features and characteristics of a Smart Grid are: bidirectional information and electricity flow, robust and uninterrupted power supply due to its self healing capabilities, integration of advanced sensor, communication and control technology among others. IoT enabled smart grids have also introduced
various potential issues and challenges and also additional vulnerabilities. As a result of these different challenges and vulnerabilities, there can be attacks to Smart Grids which are categorized as passive
or active attacks. NIST cybersecurity framework proposes the five functions: identify, protect, detect, respond, recover in the framework to improve critical
infrastructure cyber security. This thesis focuses on protection, detection and response phases of the NIST framework.

1. Doney Abraham, Sule Yildirim Yayilgan, Mohamed Abomhara, Alemayehu Gebremedhin, Fisnik Dalipi (2022). Security and Privacy issues in IoT based Smart Grids: A case study in a digital substation
2. Filip Holik, Doney Abraham, Sule Yildirim Yayilgan (2022). Emulation of IEC 60870-5-104 Communication in Digital Secondary Substations
3. Sule Yildirim Yayilgan, Filip Holik, Mohamed Abomhara, Doney Abraham, Alemayehu Gebremedhin (2022). A Comprehensive Methodology for Analyzing Cyber Security Threats and Attacks in IoT based Power Networks: A Case Study of Digital Substation in Norway (PUBLICATION IS UNDER REVIEW)