Smart Grid vulnerability Assessment Using National Testbed Networks, Ihab, Darwish, Obinna Igbe, Tarek Saadawi, CUNY/CCNY

Abstract:
Security is an essential way to promote safety, protection and data privacy. Security in Critical Infrastructure is about making data available only to authorized and authenticated users and ensuring reliability of system’s operation with confidentiality and integrity. It is a balance between having the right mix of policies, strategies and tools to secure the environment. In our paper we will discuss smart-grid as part of the critical infrastructure of the energy sector and we will assess various smart-grid vulnerabilities and provide better understanding to threats associated with them. Using DETER network testbed environment we will perform cyber attack scenarios and evaluate various vulnerabilities of smart-grid protocols. Defense-in-depth security model will be highly required for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and we need to ensure protection is enforced in all layers.