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The vision of the Smart Grid is to break down barriers between offers transmission and distribution, communications and back-office systems into a single integrated network, diagnose and resolve problems as they and enables real time exchange of information between the utility company Create arise and its customers. Although

Smart Grid and safety standards continue to be helped to develop a smart grid technology, utilities can not afford to wait, until standards are finalized, to begin development of its Smart Grid Strategy and plan implementation. This report on Cyber Security and Smart Grid faced looks at the potential security threats by smart grid in the near future, and how to mitigate them.

threats to the Smart Grid may be into three large groups – System-level, can take the threats of the grid test are classified, is trying to steal electrical service, and attempts to ensure the confidentiality of to compromise data on the system. include threats, but are not limited to: Scale

Legacy Devices Field Locations
a culture of “security by obscurity”?
evolving standards and regulations

Substation SCADA Security Security

Public Infrastructure Telecom Network Management Remote Nodes
lack of authentication
Slave Meter Data manipulation
Slave meters Unauthorized Disconnection
insecure protocol implementation
firmware upgrade vulnerabilities
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All communication channels that the monitoring and control of the Smart Grid supports a bidirectional communication path. Each communication channel is a potential attack path for a knowledgeable attacker. There are many possible entry points unprotected physically. Wireless networks are easily controlled by attackers, and are vulnerable to man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attacks. There are security mechanisms will prevent unauthorized use of these communication channels, but there are weaknesses in these mechanisms. The history of safety in complex networks means that more vulnerabilities are available and are not discovered yet. Because

Smart Grid technologies are currently in a relatively small percentage of North American power grid used by the national security risk due to vulnerabilities in these new technologies is not a significant risk at this time. Because these devices and networks are vulnerable to attacks, a growing danger that the introduction of more and more widespread. In this report, you can learn about possible risks of going, and what smart grid technologies and systems companies can do to prevent them. know

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