Smart Grid Security: An End-to-End View of Security in the New Electrical Grid

The Smart Grid has the potential to revolutionize electricity delivery systems, and the security of its infrastructure is a vital concern. This volume explores the important techniques, challenges, and forces that will shape how we achieve a secure 21^st century electric grid. The authors discuss the technical details about how metering technology is being implemented and the likely threats and vulnerabilities that utilities will face. They address the home area network (HAN) and examine distribution and transmission-the foundation for the delivery of electricity-along with distributed generation, micro-grids, and operations.

Author: Gilbert N. Sorebo,Michael C. Echols
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 12/05/2011
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781439855874

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2012 pg. 272

About the Author

Gilbert (Gib) N. Sorebo is a chief cybersecurity Technologist and assistant vice president for SAIC where he assists government and private sector organizations in addressing cybersecurity risks and complying with legal and regulatory requirements. He has been working in the information technology industry for more than nineteen years in both the public and private sector. In addition to federal and state governments, Mr. Sorebo has done security consulting in the financial services, health care, and electricity sectors. He is currently responsible for coordinating cybersecurity activities in the energy sector companywide. He has been the co-lead of SAI C's Smart Grid Security practice where he established the SAI C Smart Grid Security Solutions Center for product security testing and solution development and contributes to a variety of other smart grid security research efforts.

Michael C. Echols is a cyber security consultant who specializes in the development and management of utilities' cyber security programs. This includes the development of governance models, policy development, and compliance. Michael has worked in Energy and Utility markets developing and delivering transformational cyber security solutions for Critical Infrastructure systems. Michael is recognized for his expertise in cyber security compliance and posture analysis for industrial control systems and smart grid technologies. He has worked in the public sector as a cyber security officer for the U.S. government, where he has applied security requirements from both NIST and NERC to industrial control systems, in real world situations. He has led efforts to assess, secure and remediate risk to Generation, Transmission, Distribution, and Advanced Residential Metering Systems for the U.S. government and major U.S. energy providers.