Azzam Atiq

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Al & Blockchain Enabled Secure and Resilient Smart Power Grid 
project focuses on a hardware-based cyber security solution for our critical power grid 
· nfrastrncture. It provides two-layer protection with its own Intrusion Prevention System as well as 
trusion Detection System. It mainly targets the transit phase of data communication. It combines 
he best of different technologies such as bJockchain, Al, and encryption technique to maintain data 
security and integrity. This project also provides a testbed for cyber testing of system with an in- 
ouse attack system designed to test its vulnerabilities in real-time. This is a prototype which has 
pplicalion far beyond power grids. 
his project involves 2x Raspberry Pi 5, Ix Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano, Ix RSP-J2 Microcontroller. 
All these are connected over a private wireless network. A private light weight blockchain is used 
"th SHA-256 hashing algorithm, along with that ChaCha-20 encryption is used that is designed for 
mb edded computing. In second stage, an A1iificial Intelligence based Anomaly detection model is 
sed to screen each inbound data packet for its validity removing the risk of any attack on edge 
his model can be applied to any control system that communicates over digital medium especially 
he lnternet. lt has application in healthcare, defense, financial sector and many more. 
Key Words: Smart Grid Cybersecurity, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence-Based Anomaly 
Detection, Cyber-Attack Mitigation, loT, Embedded Edge Computing. 
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Technology Used: 
Python, TensorFlow, Blockchain, SHA-256 
Hashing, ChaCha20 Encryption, NVIDIA Jetson 
Nano, Raspberry Pi 5, Scapy, Linux Operating 
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Supervisor Name: 
Dr. Muhammad Tariq 
Group Members: 
Muhammad Hamdan - 221-1832 
Rehab Shabbir - 22i-1840 
Azzam Atiq - 221-9886 
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