Cybersecurity Risk Analysis of Electric Vehicles Charging Stations

Safa Hamdare, Omprakash Kaiwartya*, Mohammad Aljaidi, Manish Jugran, Yue Cao, Sushil Kumar, Mufti Mahmud, David Brown, Jaime Lloret

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Abstract

The increasing availability of Electric Vehicles (EVs) is driving a shift away from traditional gasoline-powered vehicles. Subsequently, the demand for Electric Vehicle Charging Systems (EVCS) is rising, leading to the significant growth of EVCS as public and private charging infrastructure. The cybersecurity-related risks in EVCS have significantly increased due to the growing network of EVCS. In this context, this paper presents a cybersecurity risk analysis of the network of EVCS. Firstly, the recent advancements in the EVCS network, recent EV adaptation trends, and charging use cases are described as a background of the research area. Secondly, cybersecurity aspects in EVCS have been presented considering infrastructure and protocol-centric vulnerabilities with possible cyber-attack scenarios. Thirdly, threats in EVCS have been validated with real-time data-centric analysis of EV charging sessions. The paper also highlights potential open research issues in EV cyber research as new knowledge for domain researchers and practitioners.

Original languageEnglish
Article number6716
JournalSensors
Volume23
Issue number15
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2023
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • EV charging
  • cybersecurity
  • energy network

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Information Systems
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biochemistry
  • Instrumentation
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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