Resilient Control Strategies for Cybersecurity and Safety in Smart Grid
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 December 2025 | Viewed by 12
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Interests: network security of industrial control systems; microgrids; smart grids
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Interests: power system modeling and control; renewable energy integration; microgrids
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increasing complexity and interconnectivity of the modern power grid—now evolving into the Smart Grid—has introduced significant opportunities for efficiency, flexibility, and integration of renewable energy sources. However, this transformation also amplifies the risk of cyber–physical threats, operational faults, and system instabilities. As the Smart Grid incorporates more distributed energy resources (DERs), advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), IoT devices, and cloud-based energy management systems, the attack surface and potential for cascading failures have grown exponentially.
In this context, resilient control strategies—those that can maintain system functionality despite adversities—are emerging as a crucial area of research and implementation. These strategies involve robust control theory, fault-tolerant design, adaptive and intelligent control methods, and cybersecurity-aware operational policies that ensure both safety and security across the entire grid infrastructure.
This Special Issue aims to gather cutting-edge research on resilient control methodologies that address both cybersecurity and system safety challenges in the Smart Grid. Contributions that demonstrate theoretical innovations, practical implementations, real-world case studies, or simulation-based evaluations are all encouraged. The goal is to provide a comprehensive platform that bridges the gap between control engineering, cyber defense, and energy system operations.
Topics of Interest
We invite original research articles, reviews, and case studies on topics including, but not limited to, the following:
- Resilient and fault-tolerant control for Smart Grids;
- Cybersecurity-aware control strategies for DERs and microgrids;
- Control-based intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPSs);
- Secure communication and control protocols in grid automation;
- AI and machine learning for anomaly detection and response in grid systems;
- Adaptive and self-healing control architectures;
- Grid resilience under coordinated cyber–physical attacks;
- Model-predictive control for secure and robust grid operation;
- Risk assessment and mitigation via resilient control;
- Co-design of safety and security in control systems;
- Game–theoretic and reinforcement learning approaches for resilient operation;
- Digital twin-based testing and verification of resilient strategies;
- Privacy-preserving control strategies in energy data systems.
Dr. Giovanni Gaggero
Dr. Manuela Minetti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- resilient control
- cybersecurity
- smart grid
- safety
- fault tolerance
- cyber–physical systems
- distributed energy resources
- secure communication
- anomaly detection
- intrusion prevention
- adaptive control
- energy system resilience
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