Energy provider overhauls smart grid security

Smart meters need smarter security.

NSW-based Endeavour Energy is re-thinking smart meter security ahead of plans to deploy almost one million of the devices across the state. The company’s security chief, Ian Appleby, said the meters present a complex physical and IT security challenge. Energy companies must be able to respond quickly to attacks, he said. “We’re reassessing the entire security design,” Appleby told an audience at the AusCERT 2011 conference at the Gold Coast today. That review will examine about 10 smart meter trial sites each with up to 5000 nodes. It will examine  physical ...
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