Network topology risk assessment of stealthy cyber attacks on advanced metering infrastructure networks

2017 51st Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, CISS 2017

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages

  Yao, Jiyun ^a   Venkitasubramaniam, Parv ^a   Kishore, Shalinee ^a   Snyder, Lawrence V ^a   Blum, Rick S ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyber Physical Security; Demand Side Management; Network Connectivity; Risk Assessment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; CRIME; DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; NETWORK SECURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOPOLOGY;

ASSESSMENT PROTOCOLS; COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE; CYBER-PHYSICAL SECURITIES; EXISTING SYSTEMS; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; POTENTIAL TARGETS; SMART GRID SYSTEMS; TWO WAY COMMUNICATIONS;

ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURES;

EID: 85020193850     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CISS.2017.7926147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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