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Cybersecurity in Smartgrids
This special issue belongs to the section “A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids“.
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Power system automation is developing at a mind-blowing speed. The ability communicate with more devices in the grid gives unprecedented opportunities for optimization and control. However, this connectivity comes with an unwanted side-effect—vulnerabilities in smart grid cyber security. To address this emerging field, this Special Issue solicits papers on secure and resilient communication and control architectures, secure smart metering, cryptography, key and certificate management, authorization and access control, security threat and vulnerability assessment and measurement, cyber-physical security information and event management, trust and privacy, security design and verification tools, and the simulation and performance analysis of security operations and services.
In addition to technical papers with innovative ideas, survey papers and papers that investigate the real-time performance of cyber-security mechanisms in power systems are of interest.
Prof. Dr. Taha Selim Ustun
Dr. Suhail S.M. Hussain
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Real-time performance of cyber-security measures in smart grids
- IEC 62351 cyber-security standard and its implementation
- Secure communication with different protocols, Modbus, DNP, IEC 61850, and so on
- Secure and resilient communication and control architectures
- Secure smart metering
- Cryptography, key management, authorization, and access control
- Security threat and vulnerability assessment and measurement
- Cyber-physical security information and event management
- Trust and privacy
- Security design and verification tools
- Simulation and performance analysis of security operations and services
- Secure wide-area network communication for advanced control and protection applications
- Cybersecurity for different topologies—substations, microgrids, and T&D networks
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Published Papers
Energies - ISSN 1996-1073