Securing the Smart Grid: Next Generation Power Grid Security

✍ Scribed by Flick, Tony;Morehouse, Justin

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2014;2011
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Front Cover; Securing the Smart Grid; Copyright; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments (Tony Flick); Acknowledgments (Justin Morehouse); About the Authors; About the Technical Editor; Introduction; Book Overview and Key Learning Points; Book Audience; How This Book Is Organized; Conclusion; Chapter 1. Smart Grid: What Is It?; A Brief History of Electrical Grids; What Is Automatic Meter Reading (AMR)?; Future Infrastructure; What Is a Smart Grid?; What Is AMI?; International Initiatives; Why Do We Need to Secure the Smart Grid?; Summary; Endnotes; Chapter 2. Threats and Impacts: Consumers.;Securing the Smart Grid discusses the features of the smart grid, particularly its strengths and weaknesses, to better understand threats and attacks, and to prevent insecure deployments of smart grid technologies. A smart grid is a modernized electric grid that uses information and communications technology to be able to process information, such as the behaviors of suppliers and consumers. The book discusses different infrastructures in a smart grid, such as the automatic metering infrastructure (AMI). It also discusses the controls that consumers, device manufacturers, and utility comp.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
Securing the Smart Grid
Copyright
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments (Tony Flick)
Acknowledgments (Justin Morehouse)
About the Authors
About the Technical Editor
Introduction
Book Overview and Key Learning Points
Book Audience
How This Book Is Organized
Conclusion
Chapter 1. Smart Grid: What Is It?
A Brief History of Electrical Grids
What Is Automatic Meter Reading (AMR)?
Future Infrastructure
What Is a Smart Grid?
What Is AMI?
International Initiatives
Why Do We Need to Secure the Smart Grid?
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 2. Threats and Impacts: Consumers. Consumer ThreatsNaturally Occurring Threats
Individual and Organizational Threats
Impacts on Consumers
Impacts on Availability
Financial Impacts
Likelihood of Attack
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 3. Threats and Impacts: Utility Companies and Beyond
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 4. Federal Effort to Secure Smart Grids
U.S. Federal Government
DOE
FERC
NIST
DHS NIPP
Other Applicable Laws
Sponsoring Security
Bureaucracy and Politics in Smart Grid Security
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 5. State and Local Security Initiatives
State Government. State Regulatory BodiesState Courts
Promoting Security Education
Politics and the Smart Grid
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 6. Public and Private Companies
Industry Plans for Self-Policing
Compliance Versus Security
How Technology Vendors Can Fill the Gaps
How Utility Companies Can Fill the Gaps
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 7. Attacking the Utility Companies
Motivation
Network Attacks
System Attacks
Application Attacks
Wireless Attacks
Social Engineering Attacks
Physical Attacks
Putting It All Together
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 8. Securing the Utility Companies. Smart Grid Security ProgramTop 12 Technical Practices to Secure the Smart Grid
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 9. Third-Party Services
Service Providers
Attacking Consumers
Attacking Service Providers
Securing Third-Party Access to the Smart Grid
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 10. Mobile Applications and Devices
Why Mobile Applications?
Platforms
Trust
Attacks
Securing Mobile Devices
Secure Mobile Applications
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 11. Social Networking and the Smart Grid
The Smart Grid Gets Social
Social Networking Threats
Smart Grid Social Networking Security Checklist
Summary. EndnotesChapter 12. Attacking Smart Meters
Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM)
NIST Special Publication 800-42: Guideline on Network Security Testing
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 13. Attacking Smart Devices
Selecting a Target Smart Device
Attacking a Smart Device
Summary
Endnotes
Chapter 14. What's Next?
Timeline
What Should Consumers Expect?
What Should Smart Grid Technology Vendors Expect?
What Should Utility Companies Expect?
What Should Security Professionals Expect and What Do They Predict?
Smart Grid Community
Summary
Endnotes
Index.

✦ Subjects

Electric power production--Security measures;Electric power systems--Security measures;Electronic books;Electric power production -- Security measures;Electric power systems -- Security measures