Ensuring the sustainability of the operation of power facilities based on the protection of digital control systems

Abstract

Introduction. The expansion of the range of threats of critical information impacts (attacks), all of which are difficult to foresee in the design and development of digital control systems, has actualized the development of new approaches, the use of which makes it possible to detect attacks, identify them and develop control commands to stabilize equipment operation, increase the resilience of energy facilities to critical information impacts (attacks). The purpose of the study is to solve the problem of protection against unauthorized interference in the operation of automatic and automated systems that control functional units of power equipment to achieve reliability and safety of power supply as an element of ensuring technosphere safety. Research methods. Within the framework of the study, general scientific and special methods of scientific knowledge were used, including analysis, synthesis, generalization, which were based on the main provisions and patterns of behavior of systems and information theory. Research results. It is proposed to create a system for monitoring the stability of energy facilities to critical information impacts (attacks), adapted to work in emergency situations and in a special period. The characteristics of the system, the main functions, components, key modules (subsystems), the main stages of development, implementation and ensuring the efficiency of work are formulated. Conclusion. The advantage of the system is its adaptation to abnormal behavior (including for unknown reasons) of functional units of equipment in order to achieve reliability and safety of power supply as an element of ensuring technospheric safety. The system allows you to reduce the workload and responsibility of operators, especially in situations where there is no, lack of reliable information or the presence of questionable technological information. Keywords: energy, digital control systems, threats, protection, security, intelligent elements, equipment