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Microgrid Cyber Security Reference Architecture (V2)

Stamp, Jason E.; Veitch, Cynthia K.; Henry, Jordan M.; Hart, Derek H.; Richardson, Bryan R.

This document describes a microgrid cyber security reference architecture leveraging defense- in-depth techniques that are executed by first describing actor communication using data exchange attributes, then segmenting the microgrid control system network into enclaves, and finally grouping enclaves into functional domains. To illustrate the design approach, two notional microgrid control implementations are presented. Both include a discussion on types of communication occurring on that network, data exchange attributes for the actors, and examples of segmentation via enclaves and functional domains. The second example includes results from Red Team analysis and quantitative scoring according to a novel system that derives naturally from the implementation of the cyber security architecture. Acknowledgements Sandia National Laboratories and the SPIDERS technical team would like to acknowledge the following for help in the project: * Mike Hightower, who has been the key driving force for Energy Surety Microgrids * Juan Torres and Abbas Akhil, who developed the concept of microgrids for military installations * Merrill Smith, U.S. Department of Energy SPIDERS Program Manager * Ross Roley and Rich Trundy from U.S. Pacific Command * Bill Waugaman and Bill Beary from U.S. Northern Command * Tarek Abdallah, Melanie Johnson, and Harold Sanborn of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory * Colleagues from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (MIT-LL), United States Pacific Command (USPACOM), and the Joint Information Operations Warfare Center (JIOWC) for their reviews, suggestions, and participation in the work.