Smart Grid Metering Networks: A Survey on Security, Privacy and Open Research Issues

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Kumar, Pardeep
Lin, Yun
Bai, Guangdong
Paverd, Andrew
Dong, Jin Song
Martin, Andrew
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2019
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Smart grid (SG) networks are newly upgraded networks of connected objects that greatly improve reliability, efficiency, and sustainability of the traditional energy infrastructure. In this respect, the smart metering infrastructure (SMI) plays an important role in controlling, monitoring, and managing multiple domains in the SG. Despite the salient features of SMI, security, and privacy issues have been under debate because of the large number of heterogeneous devices that are anticipated to be coordinated through public communication networks. This survey paper shows a brief overview of real cyber attack incidents in traditional energy networks and those targeting the smart metering network. Specifically, we present a threat taxonomy considering: 1) threats in system-level security; 2) threats and/or theft of services; and 3) threats to privacy. Based on the presented threats, we derive a set of security and privacy requirements for SG metering networks. Furthermore, we discuss various schemes that have been proposed to address these threats, considering the pros and cons of each. Finally, we investigate the open research issues to shed new light on future research directions in SG metering networks.

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IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials

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21

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3

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Kumar, P; Lin, Y; Bai, G; Paverd, A; Dong, JS; Martin, A, Smart Grid Metering Networks: A Survey on Security, Privacy and Open Research Issues, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2019, 21 (3), pp. 2886-2927

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