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Smart-Grid Security Issues
January/February 2010 (vol. 8 no. 1)
pp. 81-85
Himanshu Khurana, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mark Hadley, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Ning Lu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Deborah A. Frincke, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Although researchers have spent considerable time on smart-grid cybersecurity issues, major problems remain unsolved. This article presents a high-level review of authentication and encryption solutions for smart-grid architectures.

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Index Terms:
smart grid, computer security, security and privacy, electrical grid, authentication, encryption, SCADA
Citation:
Himanshu Khurana, Mark Hadley, Ning Lu, Deborah A. Frincke, "Smart-Grid Security Issues," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 81-85, Jan./Feb. 2010, doi:10.1109/MSP.2010.49
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