Leveraging Conversational Generative AI for Anomaly Detection in Digital Substations

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Abstract

This study addresses critical challenges of cybersecurity in digital substations by proposing an innovative task-oriented dialogue (ToD) system for anomaly detection (AD) in multicast messages, specifically, generic object oriented substation event (GOOSE) and sampled value (SV) datasets. Leveraging generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technology, the proposed framework demonstrates superior error reduction, scalability, and adaptability compared with traditional human-in-the-loop (HITL) processes. Notably, this methodology offers significant advantages over machine learning (ML) techniques in terms of efficiency and implementation speed when confronting novel and/or unknown cyber threats, while also maintaining model complexity and precision. The research employs advanced performance metrics to conduct a comparative assessment between the proposed AD and HITL-based AD frameworks, utilizing a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testbed for generating and extracting features of IEC61850 communication messages. This approach presents a promising solution for enhancing the reliability of power system operations in the face of evolving cybersecurity challenges.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Event2025 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM) - Austin, Texas
Duration: 27 Jul 202531 Jul 2025

Conference

Conference2025 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM)
CityAustin, Texas
Period27/07/2531/07/25

NLR Publication Number

  • NLR/CP-5D00-98924

Keywords

  • anomaly detection
  • GenAI
  • GOOSE
  • human-in-the-loop
  • SV
  • task-oriented dialogue

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