Abstract
The smart grid provides technology that offers power solutions by integrating wireless access, renewable energy resources, smart meters, and smart appliances. Energy harvesting and distribution is automated through remotely operated commands using information and communication technology. Common issues in integrating power grid with technology include security threat that reduces the expected assimilation performance. In the present work, a cybersecurity-assisted authentication method for smart grids is introduced to overcome false data flow. This method pre-estimates the energy requirement of the meters, depending on previously acquired information. Authentication-dependent security is provided according to the pre-estimated energy requirement and distribution manner. Variations in smart grid data for energy allocation are monitored based on network and end-user consumption until the users' current connection time. This method provides individual authentication for power-sharing and user verification, thereby improving false data's detection rate. Results show that the proposed method required less detection time (4.67 s) without increasing the overload for end-users.