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seCurity and PrivaCy in smart Grids
authorization, and privacy technologies. Privacy technologies are
well matured. e Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
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and
Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (3DES)
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solutions approved by
the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS), offering strong
security and high performance, are readily available. e specific
privacy solution required will depend on the type of communica-
tion resource protected. As a specific example, NIST has determined
that the 3DES solution will likely become insecure by the year 2030.
Considering that utility components are expected to have long life-
times, the AES would be the preferred solution for new components.
However, it is reasonable to expect that under certain ci ...