Security issues of a phasor data concentrator for smart grid infrastructure

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3-8

  D'Antonio, Salvatore ^a   Coppolino, Luigi ^a   Elia, Ivano Alessandro ^a   Formicola, Valerio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

C37.118; Critical infrastructure protection; Dependable computing; Phasor data concentrator; Phasor measurement unit; Security; Smart grids; SQL injection; Synchrophasors

Indexed keywords

C37.118; CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION; DEPENDABLE COMPUTING; PHASOR DATA CONCENTRATORS; PHASOR MEASUREMENT UNIT; SECURITY; SMART GRID; SQL INJECTION; SYNCHROPHASORS;

COMPUTER CRIME; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; PHASE MEASUREMENT; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

EID: 79958754211     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1978582.1978584     Document Type: Conference Paper

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