Analyzing resiliency of the smart grid communication architectures under cyber attack

5th Workshop on Cyber Security Experimentation and Test, CSET 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  AlMajali, Anas ^a   Viswanathan, Arun ^a   Neuman, Clifford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; CRIME; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; NETWORK SECURITY;

COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURES; COMPUTATION TECHNIQUES; CYBER-ATTACKS; DEMAND RESPONSE; SMART GRID; SMART GRID COMMUNICATIONS;

SMART POWER GRIDS;

EID: 85084163210     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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