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Vulnerability Assessment for Substation Automation Systems

December 2011

Adam Hahn, The MITRE Corporation
Manimaran Govindarasu, Iowa State University
Chen-Ching Liu, University College Dublin

ABSTRACT

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.

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