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seCurity and PrivaCy in smart Grids
Maintaining privacy of personal usage information can be accom-
plished by allowing upstream parties to have access to only the mini-
mum amount of data needed for billing or system operation. Data
should be encrypted and pseudonymized or aggregated as appropriate
to anonymize it.
10.5 Security reats in the Field-Area Network/
Neighbor-Area Network
10.5.1 Physical-Layer Attacks
Smart grids are expected to have nodes that are installed in areas
considered to be outside premises. In these locations, they become
highly vulnerable to physical damage due to environmental reasons or
manhandling of nodes. Such damage poses a threat to the integrity
of the entire smart grid network. At the physical (PHY) layer ...