• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.101-110
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• 2011

A smart grid networks delivers electricity from suppliers to consumers using digital technology with two-way communications to control appliances at consumers' homes to save energy, reduce cost and increase reliability and transparency. Security is critically important for smart grid networks that are usually used for the electric power network and IT environments that are opened to attacks, such as, eavesdroping, replay attacks of abnormal messages, forgery of the messages to name a few. ZigBee has emerged as a strong contender for smart grid networks. ZigBee is used for low data rate and low power wireless network applications. To deploy smart grid networks, the collected information requires protection from an adversary over the network in many cases. The security mechanism should be provided for collecting the information over the network. However, the ZigBee protocol has some security weaknesses. In this paper, these weaknesses are discussed and a method to improve security aspect of the ZigBee protocol is presented along with a comparison of the message complexity of the proposed security protocol with that of the current ZigBee protocol.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.149-160
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• 2011

Smart Grid is the next-generation intelligent power grid that maximizes energy efficiency with the convergence of IT technologies and the existing power grid. It enables consumers to check power rates in real time for active power consumption. It also enables suppliers to measure their expected power generation load, which stabilizes the operation of the power system. However, there are high possibility that various kinds of security threats such as data exposure, data theft, and privacy invasion may occur in interactive communication with intelligent devices. Therefore, to establish a secure environment for responding to such security threat with the smart grid, the key management technique, which is the core of the development of a security mechanism, is required. Using a hash chain, this paper suggests a group key management mechanism that is efficiently applicable to the smart grid environment with its hierarchical structure, and analyzes the security and efficiency of the suggested group key management mechanism.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.639-653
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• 2013

Smart grid is a network of computers and power infrastructure that monitor and manage energy usage efficiently. Recently, the smart grid demonstration projects around the world, including the United States, Europe, Japan, and the technology being developed. The protection of the many components of the grid against cyber-threats has always been critical, but the recent Smart grid has been threatened by a variety of cyber and physical attacks. We model and analyze advanced metering infrastructure(AMI) in smart grid. Using attack countermeasure tree(ACT) we show qualitative and probabilistic security analysis of AMI. We implement using SHARPE(Symbolic Hierarchical Automated Reliability and Performance Evaluator) tool and calculate probability, ROA, ROI, Structure Importance, Birnbaum Importance.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.195-208
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• 2009

In this paper, we introduce a grid-based key pre-distribution scheme in wireless sensor networks, which aims to improve the connectivity and resiliency while maintaining a reasonable overhead. We consider simplification of the key establishment logic and enhancement of the connectivity via plat polynomial assignment on a three-dimensional grid for node allocation and keying material assignment. We demonstrate that our scheme results in improvements via a detailed discussion on the connectivity, resource usage, security features and resiliency. A comparison with other relevant works from the literature along with a demonstrated implementation on typical sensor nodes shows the feasibility of the introduced scheme and its applicability for large networks.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.101-104
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• 2011

지능형 전력망인 Smart Grid의 등장으로 미국, 일본 등의 국가는 Smart Grid 시장을 선점하기 위해 노력하고 있다. 한국 또한 경쟁국으로서 G20 정상회의에서 Smart Grid 시범 단지를 선보이려고 준비 중에 있다. Smart Grid의 발전에 기본적인 전력기기와 IT기기의 융합 모델인 전력IT기기의 연구가 진행되고 있고, 단일 전력 기기일 때와는 달리 IT 기기의 특성에 따른 보안 문제에 노출되어 보안에 대한 연구가 필수적이다. 본 논문에서는 Smart Grid에 사용되는 전력 IT 기기에 적용 할 수 있는 보안 방법인 BlackList 설정을 연구하여 Smart Grid 시대의 발전에 기여 할 것이다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.495-501
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• 2017

The introduction of smart grid, which is an innovative application of digital processing and communications to the power grid, might lead to more and more cyber threats originated from IT systems. In other words, The Energy Management System (EMS) and other communication networks interact with the power system on a real time basis, so it is important to understand the interaction between two layers to protect the power system from potential cyber threats. This paper aims to identify and clarify the cyber security risks and their interaction with the power system in Smart Grid. In this study, the optimal power flow (OPF) and Power Flow Tracing are used to assess the interaction between the EMS and the power system. Through OPF and Power Flow Tracing based analysis, the physical and economic impacts from potential cyber threats are assessed, and thereby the quantitative risks are measured in a monetary unit.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institutes of Information Security and Cryptology Conference
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• 2003.12a
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• pp.356-359
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 제안하는 Grid Computing은 PMI(Privilege Management Infrastructure)를 이용하여 효율적으로 컴퓨팅 파워의 분산 관리하고 네트？의 트래픽을 분산시키는 모델을 제시한다. 또한 Agent 간 통신 및 Agent와 Server 간 통신에서 Soap Protocol과 SSL Protocol을 접목하여 보안 RPC통신을 기반으로 데이터의 무결성과 기밀성을 보장한다. 본 논문에서 제안한 모델은 Agent를 효과적으로 관리하고 네트워크의 트래픽을 감소시킴과 더불어 Grid Computing의 성능이 개선될 것으로 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institutes of Information Security and Cryptology Conference
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• 2003.12a
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• pp.578-584
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 인터넷 기반 P2P 네트워크를 이용한 Grid 컴퓨팅에서의 효율적인 보안 관리 모델을 제시한다. 하나는 P2P 네트워크를 이용한 에러 복구 과정과 다른 하나는 에이전트간 신뢰관계 구성 방안이다. 또한 P2P 네트워크에서 다양한 네트워크 간 보안 통신을 보장하기 위해 SOAP을 이용한 보안 메시지 프로토콜을 제안한다. 제안된 새로운 보안 관리 모델은 P2P 네트워크로 구성된 Grid 컴퓨팅 네트워크의 성능을 향상시킬 것으로 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institutes of Information Security and Cryptology Conference
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• 2003.12a
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• pp.366-371
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• 2003

그리드 컴퓨팅은 지리적으로 분산되어 있는 고성능 컴퓨팅 자원(컴퓨터, 데이터베이스, 첨단, 장비 등)를 네트워크로 상호 연동하여 조직과 지역에 관계없이 사용할 수 있는 가상의 슈퍼컴퓨터를 구성하는 것이다. 하지만 상호 연동과정에서의 보안적 취약성으로 인하여 많은 문제점을 안고 있는 것도 사실이다. 본 연구에서는 그리드 개요, 구조, 국내외적인 동향에 대해서 알아보고, 이를 바탕으로 그리드의 Security 문제를 해결하기 위한 방안을 제시한다.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.17-24
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• 2015

Smart grid is a modernized electrical grid that uses information and communication technologies to gather and act on information, such as information about the behaviors of suppliers and consumers, in an automated fashion to improve the efficiency, reliability, economics, and sustainability of the production and distribution of electricity. However, with the advent of cyber crime, there are also concerns on the security of the infrastructure, primarily that involving communications technologies. In this work, we make an in-depth investigation on the issue of security services and network loads on Smart grid. Through simulation, we analyze the relations between security services and network loads. The experimental results of this study will contribute toward designing an advanced Smart grid system that offers better quality of services. Also, the approach proposed in this study can be utilized to derive new and valuable insights in security aspects.