Attacks on Cyber Security and its Mitigation

Abstract

Cyber-attacks become very widespread in this age of the internet. As each year goes by, both the number of cybercrimes and the harm they inflict rise. In today's digital age, providing security against cyber-attacks is crucial. As a result of the rise in cyber-attacks in the modern era, numerous governments and independent businesses are taking steps to limit these cyber-attacks. The significance of cyber security and the many kinds of cyber-attacks occurring in the contemporary digital era will be covered in this essay. We will also emphasize the various methods for identifying these cyber threats and countering them. The energy grid is being modernized with networked metrology and controls that can improve efficiency and provide fresh approaches to system management. Despite the various benefits of these technologies, they also provide new categories of risk, most notably new attack vectors that can be utilised in cyber-attacks. To recognise and address hazards in these kinds of cyber-physical systems, the system designer's toolset must include concepts from cyber security, dependability, and fault tolerance design that have been merged into a common approach. In this article, we explore the dispersed body of research on the possibility of cyber-attacks on smart metering systems, and then we organize and synthesize the findings using ideas from systems engineering and fault tolerance design.