PSIdetect examines measurements of electrical equipment in the grid and reports abnormal operating states or behavior over time which cannot be detected by limit-based protection and monitoring functions as „Anomaly Scores“ to the control system. This supports detecting defects and other errors in the equipment as well as potential attacks on the IT infrastructure.

In particular, the measurements are correlated and dependencies are automatically detected and used. PSIdetect offers an additional layer of protection beyond the monitoring on the communication level. Thus, the grid operator complies with the requirement for additional protection as stipulated by the german IT Security Law 2.0.

PSIdetect adapts to a specific grid by applying Machine Learning techniques. Training data comprises historical or synthetically generated data. Online Operations require current process and weather data to continuously calculate the expected and compare it with the actual state. Relevant deviations („anomalies“) which may be caused by an attack are identified. So, protective interventions can be initiated at the earliest possible time. In addition, equipment defects can be detected which improves secure operation of the grid.

An easily expandable user interface provides back office administrators, service staff, and system administrators with the necessary information for countermeasures and parameterization.