Abstract
The cyber security position of Finnish smart metering was
analysed in a research project
together with key stakeholders. In this paper, the
project and its results are presented. The
stakeholders comprised the representatives of
Distribution System Operators, and technology
and service providers. The targets of analysis were their
state-of-the-practice solutions
existing in the field. Nearly all consumers already had
smart meters, settlement based on real,
hourly interval-metered consumption and access to their
own consumption data via the
Internet. The primary contributions of this paper are
twofold. First, the findings of the
analysis, i.e., the risks and the risk levels (occurrence
frequencies and severities) as
experienced by the stakeholders are given, together with
recommendations for development
targets, which may help in analysing other existing
systems and developing security solutions
for the systems under development. Second, the smart
metering reference model is presented,
which abstracts the various individual implementations at
the level where systematic analysis
is possible. The analysed Finnish smart metering systems
are reasonably safe. The biggest
threats were considered to be the leak of private
customer data from the on-line access servers
in the Internet and a large-scale failure in the remote
software upgrade of the smart meters
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Nordic conference on electricity distribution system management and development |
Number of pages | 8 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
MoE publication type | B3 Non-refereed article in conference proceedings |
Event | The 11th Nordic Electricity Distribution and Management Conference 2014 - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 8 Sept 2014 → 9 Sept 2014 Conference number: 11 |
Publication series
Series | Elforsk Rapport |
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Number | 14:32 |
Conference
Conference | The 11th Nordic Electricity Distribution and Management Conference 2014 |
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Abbreviated title | NORDAC 2014 |
Country/Territory | Sweden |
City | Stockholm |
Period | 8/09/14 → 9/09/14 |
Keywords
- cyber security
- energy systems
- risk management