Securing Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEB) through Cyber Defense and Resilient System (CYDRES)

The current generation of Building Automation System (BAS) is designed and operated with little consideration of cyber security. Many building systems, especially the emerging Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings (GEBs), are vulnerable to cyber-attacks that may have adverse or even severe consequences, e.g., occupant discomfort, energy wastage, equipment downtime, and disruption of grid operation. Importantly, current physical behavior-based anomaly detection methods fail to differentiate cyber-attacks from equipment or operational faults. Such distinction is needed to ensure appropriate automated mitigation via control response to cyber-threats and provide actionable recommendations to the facility manager. To address these issues, the project team proposes to research, develop, and demonstrate a real-time advanced building resilient platform, called CYber Defense and REsilient System (CYDRES), deployable for existing and emerging Building Automation Systems (BAS), to empower GEB with cyber-attack-immune capabilities through multi-layer prevention, detection, and adaptation.