Smart grid security an end-to-end view of security in the new electrical grid

"The Smart Grid has the potential to revolutionize electricity delivery systems, and the security of its infrastructure is a vital concern not only for cyber-security practitioners, engineers, policy makers, and utility executives, but also for the media and consumers. Smart Grid Security: An E...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sorebo, Gilbert N.
Other Authors: Echols, Michael C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL CRC Press 2012
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • What is the smart grid, and why should we care about security?
  • The smart grid evolution : smart grid standards, laws, and industry guidance
  • Smart metering : the first security challenge
  • Home area networking : giving consumers control or opening a Pandora's box?
  • Distribution automation : moving from legacy to secure
  • Transmission automation : can utilities work together securely?
  • Distributed generation and micro-grids : can distributed systems work together?
  • Operations and outsourcing
  • Plug-in electric vehicles and energy storage : now the fun really begins
  • What about the consumer? : securing relationships between the utilities and their customers
  • Identifying and recovering the grid from a cyber-disaster
  • Crystal ball time : will we have a secure grid and what will it take?
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-280)