Secure inverter-based grids against cyber-physical attacks with integrated strategies

As power systems shift toward low-inertia, inverter-based architectures with distributed energy resources, cyber threats now span communication networks, control layers, and physical infrastructure simultaneously. Cybersecurity and Resilience of Modern Power Systems addresses this convergence directly, presenting secure communication, resilient control, anomaly detection, mitigation strategies, and post-attack recovery tailored to power-electronics-dominated grids and their unique vulnerabilities.

Contributed by an international team of researchers, this book covers AI-driven intrusion detection, digital twin monitoring, grid-forming inverter security, and adaptive control schemes for cyber-physical resilience. The book introduces key security concepts within modern power system contexts, requiring no prior cybersecurity expertise from readers.

The book also includes:

• Cyberattack prevention techniques and privacy-preserving protocols designed for networked smart grid communication architectures and distributed energy resource integration
• Post-attack recovery frameworks that restore grid stability and reliability following cyber-physical disruptions in low-inertia systems
• Data-driven situational awareness methods leveraging artificial intelligence for real-time anomaly detection across interconnected grid control layers
• Cyber-physical interdependency analysis showing how attacks on digital layers propagate to cause instability, equipment damage, or widespread outages
• Autonomous recovery and adaptive control architectures enabling grid operators to maintain reliable operation under evolving and persistent cyber threats

Designed for researchers, system operators, and practicing engineers in power systems, power electronics, smart grids, and cybersecurity, this reference provides the integrated technical foundation needed to design, operate, and defend next-generation electric grids. It also serves as a reference text for graduate-level courses and professional training programs.

Mohammad Shadmand, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Director of Intelligent Power Electronics at Grid Edge Research Lab at the University of Illinois Chicago, USA. He has received several prestigious awards, including the 2024 IEEE J. David Irwin Early Career Award for outstanding contributions to the resiliency and cybersecurity of power electronics dominated grids. He serves as Chair of IEEE IES Technical Committee on Smart Grid.

Sertac Bayhan, PhD, is a Research Director at the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University Qatar, where he also holds a joint appointment as Professor in the College of Science and Engineering. Dr. Bayhan is the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Edgeon Technologies, where he has led the development and commercialization of advanced power electronics and grid-edge technologies.

Haitham Abu-Rub, PhD, is a Distinguished Professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar, a Fellow of IEEE, and the Vice President for Publications of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES). He served for ten years as Managing Director of the Smart Grid Center at Texas A&M University at Qatar and is a recipient of Fulbright and Alexander von Humboldt scholarships.