Assessing power substation network security and survivability: A work in progress report

Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Management

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 281-287

  Taylor, Carol ^a   Oman, Paul ^a   Krings, Axel ^a  

^a University of Idaho   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment techniques; Cyber security; Electric power security

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER CRIME; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC SUBSTATIONS; INTERNET; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY;

CYBER SECURITY; ELECTRIC POWER SECURITY; POWER SUBSTATION NETWORK SECURITY;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 1642273057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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