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Securing the End-to-End Smart Grid Ecosystem
Cyber security continues to be a top priority and challenge for utilities as they roll out advanced metering infrastructure and smart grid technologies. Increased concern over the critical infrastrucutre's vulnerability to attack has led technology experts, regulators, and industry practitioners to look for ways to increase the end-to-end security of smart grid communications and control systems. Additionally, utilities face the looming challenge of effectively securing an array of legacy systems and equipment, together with new "smarter" technologies and application areas, as they move into the 21st century.
The Smart Grid Security Virtual Summit on Thursday, August 9, 2012 took a hard look at the progress to date in securing mission critical systems as the smart grid continues to open new avenues of vulnerability. The event provided concrete strategies on how to best secure AMI and the end-to-end smart grid ecosystem, report on progress to date in relevant standards and regulatory areas, and gave attendees a look at the most recent, promising technology strategies for ensuring smart grid security.
Proceedings Now Available
Recordings of all the presentations from the August 9 Virtual Summit are now available for viewing on-demand, and
the PDFs may be downloaded. To obtain access to these materials, please click here.
Topics addressed included:
- Achieving end-to-end critical systems security
- SCADA and control systems security
- Evaluating technology options and strategies for securing the grid
- Recent advances in AMI security
- Monitoring and securing critical substation operations
- Protecting data integrity across the end-to-end smart grid
- Ensuring adequate security controls for new technologies
- NERC CIP standards and activity: latest updates
- Regulatory reforms and initiatives that would advance overall grid security
- Smart meter data privacy and security
- Energy security oversight, governance and implementation
- Adopting a security "culture" - Moving beyond compliance to genuine protection
- Incident identification and response strategies
- Advances in key management and encryption
- Evolving cyber threats and how to address them
Intended Audience:
- Utility executives, smart grid managers, planners, and engineers
- Network security managers and IT directors
- IT system and software development professionals
- Vendors of security technology hardware and software
- System integrators and consultants
- Regulatory and public policy representatives
- Investors
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