Securing the Smart Grid: Next Generation Power Grid Security

Front Cover
 Securing the Smart Grid
 Copyright
 Table of Contents
 Acknowledgments (Tony Flick)
 Acknowledgments (Justin Morehouse)
 About the Authors
 About the Technical Editor
 Introduction
 Book Overview and Key Learning Points
 Book Audience
 How This Book Is Organized
 Conclusion
 Chapter 1. Smart Grid: What Is It?
 A Brief History of Electrical Grids
 What Is Automatic Meter Reading (AMR)?
 Future Infrastructure
 What Is a Smart Grid?
 What Is AMI?
 International Initiatives
 Why Do We Need to Secure the Smart Grid?
 Summary
 Endnotes
 Chapter 2. Threats and Impacts: Consumers. Consumer ThreatsNaturally Occurring Threats
 Individual and Organizational Threats
 Impacts on Consumers
 Impacts on Availability
 Financial Impacts
 Likelihood of Attack
 Summary
 Endnotes
 Chapter 3. Threats and Impacts: Utility Companies and Beyond
 Confidentiality
 Integrity
 Availability
 Summary
 Endnotes
 Chapter 4. Federal Effort to Secure Smart Grids
 U.S. Federal Government
 DOE
 FERC
 NIST
 DHS NIPP
 Other Applicable Laws
 Sponsoring Security
 Bureaucracy and Politics in Smart Grid Security
 Summary
 Endnotes
 Chapter 5. State and Local Security Initiatives
 State Government. State Regulatory BodiesState Courts
 Promoting Security Education
 Politics and the Smart Grid
 Summary
 Endnotes
 Chapter 6. Public and Private Companies
 Industry Plans for Self-Policing
 Compliance Versus Security
 How Technology Vendors Can Fill the Gaps
 How Utility Companies Can Fill the Gaps
 Summary
 Endnotes
 Chapter 7. Attacking the Utility Companies
 Motivation
 Network Attacks
 System Attacks
 Application Attacks
 Wireless Attacks
 Social Engineering Attacks
 Physical Attacks
 Putting It All Together
 Summary
 Endnotes
 Chapter 8. Securing the Utility Companies. Smart Grid Security ProgramTop 12 Technical Practices to Secure the Smart Grid
 Summary
 Endnotes
 Chapter 9. Third-Party Services
 Service Providers
 Attacking Consumers
 Attacking Service Providers
 Securing Third-Party Access to the Smart Grid
 Summary
 Endnotes
 Chapter 10. Mobile Applications and Devices
 Why Mobile Applications?
 Platforms
 Trust
 Attacks
 Securing Mobile Devices
 Secure Mobile Applications
 Summary
 Endnotes
 Chapter 11. Social Networking and the Smart Grid
 The Smart Grid Gets Social
 Social Networking Threats
 Smart Grid Social Networking Security Checklist
 Summary. EndnotesChapter 12. Attacking Smart Meters
 Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM)
 NIST Special Publication 800-42: Guideline on Network Security Testing
 Summary
 Endnotes
 Chapter 13. Attacking Smart Devices
 Selecting a Target Smart Device
 Attacking a Smart Device
 Summary
 Endnotes
 Chapter 14. What\'s Next?
 Timeline
 What Should Consumers Expect?
 What Should Smart Grid Technology Vendors Expect?
 What Should Utility Companies Expect?
 What Should Security Professionals Expect and What Do They Predict?
 Smart Grid Community
 Summary
 Endnotes
 Index.