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Security Challenges for Wide Area Monitoring in Smart Grids

Sicherheitsanforderungen an zukünftige Kommunikationslösungen für Wide Area Monitoring-Systeme zur Überwachung von Smart Grids

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Abstract

Wide Area Monitoring Systems (WAMS) improve situational awareness in the electric grid. They support planning and optimizing of grid operations and provide valuable information to prevent critical incidents. Communication demands for WAMS have been elevated by the variety of applications that rely on measurement data from distributed sensors. Besides bounds on tolerated end-to-end latencies for some applications, security is a major concern in todays Wide Area Monitoring Systems. We review recent approaches for WAMS communication and point out security challenges that need to be addressed in future communication solutions for WAMS.

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Wide Area Monitoring-Systeme (WAMS) formen Netze aus verteilten Sensoren zur Überwachung von intelligenten Stromnetzen (Smart Grids). Sie unterstützen Planung und Optimierung von Prozessen im Elektrizitätsnetz und liefern wertvolle Informationen zur Prävention von kritischen Ereignissen. Viele Anwendungen benötigen aktuelle Messdaten, um auf neue Situationen in intelligenten Stromnetzen reagieren zu können. Damit steigen auch die Kommunikationsanforderungen für Wide Area Monitoring-Systeme. Neben Anforderungen bezüglich der maximal tolerierbaren Ende-zu-Ende-Verzögerungszeiten sind heutzutage vor allem Sicherheitsmechanismen von hoher Bedeutung für Wide Area Monitoring-Systeme. Wir vergleichen verschiedene Ansätze für WAMS-Kommunikation und zeigen, welche Sicherheitsanforderungen in zukünftigen Kommunikationslösungen für WAMS berücksichtigt werden müssen.

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Zseby, T., Fabini, J. Security Challenges for Wide Area Monitoring in Smart Grids. Elektrotech. Inftech. 131, 105–111 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00502-014-0203-3

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