Securing the Smart Grid Next Generation Power Grid Security Flick Morehouse

Securing the Smart GridNext Generation Power Grid Security\nAuthor(s): Tony Flick, Justin Morehouse\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Syngress Media,U.S., United States\nImprint: Syngress Media,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781597495707, 978-1597495707\nSynopsis\nSecuring the Smart Grid discusses the features of the smart grid, particularly its strengths and weaknesses, to better understand threats and attacks, and to prevent insecure deployments of smart grid technologies. A smart grid is a modernized electric grid that uses information and communications technology to be able to process information, such as the behaviors of suppliers and consumers. The book discusses different infrastructures in a smart grid, such as the automatic metering infrastructure (AMI). It also discusses the controls that consumers, device manufacturers, and utility companies can use to minimize the risk associated with the smart grid. It explains the smart grid components in detail so readers can understand how the confid.