Resiliency of smart power meters to common security attacks

Khaled Shuaib; Zouheir Trabelsi; Mohammad Abed-Hafez; Ahmed Gaouda; Mahmoud Alahmad

doi:10.1016/j.procs.2015.05.049

Resiliency of smart power meters to common security attacks

Khaled Shuaib, Zouheir Trabelsi, Mohammad Abed-Hafez, Ahmed Gaouda, Mahmoud Alahmad

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Abstract

The development of Smart Grid power systems is gaining momentum in many countries leading to massive deployment of smart meters to realize the envisioned benefits. However, there are several concerns among the consumer communities and the service providers with respect to information security when it comes to the deployment of smart meters. This paper attempts to address the main challenge related to smart grid information security by examining the resiliency of smart meters to security threats and attacks. Several common information security attacks are being used to study their impact on the performance of smart meters in a controlled laboratory environment. Results obtained showed drastic effect on the functionality of smart meters and their associated data gathering servers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	145-152
Number of pages	8
Journal	Procedia Computer Science
Volume	52
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2015.05.049
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	The International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies, ANT-2015, the International Conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology, SEIT-2015 - London, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 2 2015 → Jun 5 2015

Keywords

DOS attacks
MiM attack
Smart grid systems
Smart meters

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Computer Science(all)

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