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SealedGRID: Secure and Interoperable Platform for Smart GRID Applications †
Recent advancements in information and communication technologies (ICT) have improved the power grid, leading to what is known as the smart grid, which, as part of a critical economic and social infrastructure, is vulnerable to security threats from the use of ICT and new emerging vulnerabilities an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8402140/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34450890 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21165448 |
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author | Suciu, George Sachian, Mari-Anais Vulpe, Alexandru Vochin, Marius Farao, Aristeidis Koutroumpouchos, Nikolaos Xenakis, Christos |
author_facet | Suciu, George Sachian, Mari-Anais Vulpe, Alexandru Vochin, Marius Farao, Aristeidis Koutroumpouchos, Nikolaos Xenakis, Christos |
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description | Recent advancements in information and communication technologies (ICT) have improved the power grid, leading to what is known as the smart grid, which, as part of a critical economic and social infrastructure, is vulnerable to security threats from the use of ICT and new emerging vulnerabilities and privacy issues. Access control is a fundamental element of a security infrastructure, and security is based on the principles of less privilege, zero-trust, and segregation of duties. This work addresses how access control can be applied without disrupting the power grid’s functioning while also properly maintaining the security, scalability, and interoperability of the smart grid. The authentication in the platform presumes digital certificates using a web of trust. This paper presents the findings of the SealedGRID project, and the steps taken for implementing Attribute-based access control policies specifically customized to the smart grid. The outcome is to develop a novel, hierarchical architecture composed of different licensing entities that manages access to resources within the network infrastructure. They are based on well-drawn policy rules and the security side of these resources is placed through a context awareness module. Together with this technology, the IoT is used with Big Data (facilitating easy handling of large databases). Another goal of this paper is to present implementation and evaluations details of a secure and scalable security platform for the smart grid. |
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spelling | pubmed-84021402021-08-29 SealedGRID: Secure and Interoperable Platform for Smart GRID Applications † Suciu, George Sachian, Mari-Anais Vulpe, Alexandru Vochin, Marius Farao, Aristeidis Koutroumpouchos, Nikolaos Xenakis, Christos Sensors (Basel) Article Recent advancements in information and communication technologies (ICT) have improved the power grid, leading to what is known as the smart grid, which, as part of a critical economic and social infrastructure, is vulnerable to security threats from the use of ICT and new emerging vulnerabilities and privacy issues. Access control is a fundamental element of a security infrastructure, and security is based on the principles of less privilege, zero-trust, and segregation of duties. This work addresses how access control can be applied without disrupting the power grid’s functioning while also properly maintaining the security, scalability, and interoperability of the smart grid. The authentication in the platform presumes digital certificates using a web of trust. This paper presents the findings of the SealedGRID project, and the steps taken for implementing Attribute-based access control policies specifically customized to the smart grid. The outcome is to develop a novel, hierarchical architecture composed of different licensing entities that manages access to resources within the network infrastructure. They are based on well-drawn policy rules and the security side of these resources is placed through a context awareness module. Together with this technology, the IoT is used with Big Data (facilitating easy handling of large databases). Another goal of this paper is to present implementation and evaluations details of a secure and scalable security platform for the smart grid. MDPI 2021-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8402140/ /pubmed/34450890 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21165448 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Suciu, George Sachian, Mari-Anais Vulpe, Alexandru Vochin, Marius Farao, Aristeidis Koutroumpouchos, Nikolaos Xenakis, Christos SealedGRID: Secure and Interoperable Platform for Smart GRID Applications † |
title | SealedGRID: Secure and Interoperable Platform for Smart GRID Applications † |
title_full | SealedGRID: Secure and Interoperable Platform for Smart GRID Applications † |
title_fullStr | SealedGRID: Secure and Interoperable Platform for Smart GRID Applications † |
title_full_unstemmed | SealedGRID: Secure and Interoperable Platform for Smart GRID Applications † |
title_short | SealedGRID: Secure and Interoperable Platform for Smart GRID Applications † |
title_sort | sealedgrid: secure and interoperable platform for smart grid applications † |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8402140/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34450890 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21165448 |
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