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vulnerability aSSeSSment
fOr SubStatiOn
autOmatiOn SyStemS
ADAM HAHN, MANIMARAN
GOVINDARASU, AND CHENCHING LIU
Growing cybersecurity concerns within the smart grid have
created increasing demands for vulnerability assessments to
ensure adequate cyber protections. is chapter reviews vulner-
ability assessment requirements within substation automation
communication and computation mechanisms and identifies a
Contents
8.1 Introduction 228
8.2 Assessment Methodologies 230
8.2.1 Planning 231
8.2.1.1 Control Center 231
8.2.1.2 Substations 232
8.2.1.3 Network Protocol Overview 233
8.2.1.4 Supporting Protocols 235
8.2.2 Review Techniques 236
8.2.2.1 System Configuration Review 236
8.2.2.2 Network Configurations/ Rule Sets 236
8.2.2.3 Network T