Securing Electricity Supply in the Cyber Age

Exploring the Risks of Information and Communication Technology in Tomorrow's Electricity Infrastructure
2010. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-90-481-3593-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 187 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 1000 g

Reihe: Topics in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Margot P. C. Weijnen, Zofia Lukszo and Geert Deconinck Abstract The infrastructures for electric power and information and telecommunication services are critical enablers for all economic activity. Both of these infrastructure systems evolved over time as networks-of-networks in an institutionally fr- mented landscape. In understanding and steering the emergent behaviour of these infrastructure systems both their physical network complexity and their social n- work complexity pose a formidable challenge. On top of the socio-technical c- plexity of the electricity infrastructure and the information and telecommunication infrastructure as such, the two infrastructure systems show unprecedented mutual interdependency. Unravelling this multi-level interdependency and identifying strategies to curb the new risks and vulnerabilities it implies for the reliability of electric power services is the goal of this book. It clearly shows that technical so- tions alone will not suffice to ensure the future reliability and security of electricity infrastructure operations. Keywords Cybersecurity • infrastructure vulnerability • infrastructure depend- cies • power systems 1. 1 Infrastructures Are Critical Infrastructures are the backbone of the economy and society. Especially the network bound infrastructures operated by public utilities and network industries provide essential services that are enabling for almost every economic and social activity. M. P. C. Weijnen (*) and Z. Lukszo Technology Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, P. O. Box 5015, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands e-mail: M. P. C. Weijnen@tudelft. nl; Z. Lukszo@tudelft. nl G. Deconinck K. U.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lukszo, Zofia

Deconinck, Geert

Weijnen, Margot P C

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energietechnik & Elektrotechnik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Informationstechnik, IT-Industrie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Elektroindustrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction, by Z. Lukszo, M. Weijnen,G. Deconinck; 2. The future of electricity systems: general trends, developments (not yet focused on ICT), by M. llic; 3.Dependency on Electricity and Telecommunications, by B. Robert and L. Morabito; 4. Critical interrelations between ICT and the electricity system, by J. Bialek; 5. The investigation by the US Government Accountability Office into the inadequate ICT security practices of Tennessee Valley Authority, one of the USA's largest electric utilities, by G. Wilshusen and N. Barkakati; 6. Smart metering: opportunities and threats, by G. Deconcinck; 7. ICT control strategies for electricity infrastructures, by N. Hadjsaid; 8. Experience from the financial sector with consumer data and ICT security, by M.J.J. Smulders; 9. Governance: how and by whom should decisions about the role of ICT in electricity be made?, by M. Masera; 10. Reflection: What does this mean for electricity network development and regulation?, by M. Masera and L. J. de Vries; 11. Conclusions, by G. Deconink, Z. Lukszo and M. Weijnen