Vulnerability Assessment for Substation Automation Systems

By Adam Hahn , Manimaran Govindarasu , Chen-Ching Liu

Growing cybersecurity concerns within the smart grid have created increasing demands for vulnerabilities assessments to ensure adequate cyber protections.

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Growing cybersecurity concerns within the smart grid have created increasing demands for vulnerabilities assessments to ensure adequate cyber protections. This chapter reviews vulnerability assessment requirements within substation automation communication and computation mechanisms and identifies a methodology to evaluate security concerns while avoiding any negative impact on operational systems. Finally, national and industry efforts to expand assessment capabilities within this domain are addressed.