Securing the Smart Grid

Chapter 12 Attacking Smart Meters

Information in This Chapter

• Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM)

• NIST Special Publication 800-42: Guideline on Network Security Testing

One of the strongest arguments made for securing smart meters is that consumers will have physical, and potentially logical, access to the smart meters. Although consumers had physical access to previous utility meters, these meters did not operate using technologies that consumers were familiar with or had ready access to. Because of the prevalence of these familiar technologies, smart meters can be treated like any other traditional target when applying security-testing methodologies to it.

In this chapter, we will review two of the most common ...