How a Simple Hand Shake Can Save the Smart Grid
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Incidents of Note
• 2003 blackout in North America. • Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid
and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system.
• Russian Hackers Breach Central Illinois Water system
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Impact
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• Monetary loss in terms of billions of $• Terrorist getting access to the grid
• Mass Outage• Critical systems brought down• Defense systems not working
Security Flaws
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• Confidentiality : When Secrets are no more secrets
• Integrity : Source doesn’t matter when wrong person is in control
• Access Control : Owner forgets, Neighbor peeks in
Security Compromised – An Example
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• Mr. S is the Owner of the network
• Mr. S has rights to change the configurations
• Mr. S has in depth knowledge of the system
• Mr. S forgets to lock his system
Confidentiality Lost!
• When secrets are no more secrets
– An unlocked computer is like a Treasury with the gates open
– Designs could be stolen and leaked out
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Integrity Lost!
• Source doesn’t matter when wrong person is in control
– Commands could be sent out to change configurations
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Access Control
• Owner forgets, Neighbor peeks in
– Users getting to see high level information not meant for them
– Temptation can force human mind to do the damage
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Advantages & Disadvantages
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Advantages– Added layer of Security– Multi level Authentication– Prompt Identification of Security Risk
Disadvantages– May impact performance
• Can be tackled by improved infrastructure
References
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• http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-11-21/news/30424376_1_cyber-attack-cyber-war-smart-grid
• http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-01/cyber-attack-on-u-s-power-grid-seen-leaving-millions-in-dark-for-months.html
• http://www.npr.org