A Situation-Aware Scheme for Efficient Device Authentication in Smart Grid-Enabled Home Area Networks
Home area networks (HANs) are the most vulnerable part of smart grids since they are not directly controlled by utilities. Device authentication is one of most important mechanisms to protect the security of smart grid-enabled HANs (SG-HANs). In this paper, we propose a situation-aware scheme for ef...
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doaj-f2744f78c70748089a532ef769728db02020-11-25T03:48:41ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922020-06-01998998910.3390/electronics9060989A Situation-Aware Scheme for Efficient Device Authentication in Smart Grid-Enabled Home Area NetworksAnhao Xiang0Jun Zheng1Department of Computer Science and Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, USADepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, USAHome area networks (HANs) are the most vulnerable part of smart grids since they are not directly controlled by utilities. Device authentication is one of most important mechanisms to protect the security of smart grid-enabled HANs (SG-HANs). In this paper, we propose a situation-aware scheme for efficient device authentication in SG-HANs. The proposed scheme utilizes the security risk information assessed by the smart home system with a situational awareness feature. A suitable authentication protocol with adequate security protection and computational and communication complexity is then selected based on the assessed security risk level. A protocol design of the proposed scheme considering two security risk levels is presented in the paper. The security of the design is verified by using both formal verification and informal security analysis. Our performance analysis demonstrates that the proposed scheme is efficient in terms of computational and communication costs.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/6/989smart gridsdevice authenticationsituational awarenesshome area networks |
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A Situation-Aware Scheme for Efficient Device Authentication in Smart Grid-Enabled Home Area Networks |
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A Situation-Aware Scheme for Efficient Device Authentication in Smart Grid-Enabled Home Area Networks |
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A Situation-Aware Scheme for Efficient Device Authentication in Smart Grid-Enabled Home Area Networks |
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Home area networks (HANs) are the most vulnerable part of smart grids since they are not directly controlled by utilities. Device authentication is one of most important mechanisms to protect the security of smart grid-enabled HANs (SG-HANs). In this paper, we propose a situation-aware scheme for efficient device authentication in SG-HANs. The proposed scheme utilizes the security risk information assessed by the smart home system with a situational awareness feature. A suitable authentication protocol with adequate security protection and computational and communication complexity is then selected based on the assessed security risk level. A protocol design of the proposed scheme considering two security risk levels is presented in the paper. The security of the design is verified by using both formal verification and informal security analysis. Our performance analysis demonstrates that the proposed scheme is efficient in terms of computational and communication costs. |
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smart grids device authentication situational awareness home area networks |
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