1 Cybersecurity Risk Assessment in Advanced Metering Infrastructure

Mostafa Shokry Abd El Salam

Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Egypt

Ali Ismail Awad

United Arab Emirates University, Al-Azhar University

Mahmoud Khaled Abd-Ellah

Egyptian Russian University

Ashraf A. M. Khalaf

Minia University

DOI: 10.1201/9781003199410-1

1.1 Introduction

The backbone of the smart grid (SG) is the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system [1]. The data communication technologies and the conventional electrical grid were combined to create the AMI system. The AMI system improves the traditional power grid’s functionality, which is reflected in the end customer. The AMI system benefits can be summarized as follows: the bidirectional communication ...

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