Authors:
Pallab Ganguly
1
;
Sumit Poddar
1
;
Sourav Dutta
2
and
Mita Nasipuri
3
Affiliations:
1
CESC Limited, India
;
2
IBM, India
;
3
Jadavpur University, India
Keyword(s):
Encryption, Smart Grid, Smart Meter, Security, AMR, AMI, Consumer, M2M, Energy Meters.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Economic Models of Energy Efficiency
;
Energy and Economy
;
Energy Profiling and Measurement
;
Energy-Aware Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
Security of the smart metering infrastructure, which is a part of the smart grid initiative, intended at
transitioning the legacy power grid system into a robust, reliable, adaptable and intelligent energy utility, is
an imminent problem that needs to be addressed quickly. Moreover, the increasingly intensifying integration
of smart metering infrastructure with other ecosystem applications and the underlying communication
technology is forcing both the consumer and the utility provider to meticulously look into the security and
privacy issues of the smart grid. To achieve this, improvements on the existing architecture that uses smart
meters interacting with smart grid is needed. This architecture would help in consolidation and aggregation
of the energy usage and generation as intelligent communicators instead of focusing them as isolated
passive units in the energy grid. The study presented in the paper analyses the various existing smart
metering infrastructure, threats and vulner
abilities that has the potential to disrupt the operation and
deployment of automation systems in smart grids. Furthermore, an elaborate study and subsequent analysis
have been made on a live consumer meter setup in a non-invasive manner, which shows the various security
loopholes and deficiencies of a large deployment of unattended smart meters. The study identifies the
potential gaps and suggests possible measures for a cost effective and robust solution to cater for present as
well as future needs.
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