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A concept for engineering smart grid security requirements based on SGAM models

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Abstract

The Smart Grid Architecture Model (SGAM) is widely used for modelling, requirements engineering and gap analysis. In this paper, a formal method for engineering security requirements with SGAM is proposed. Asset security classes, risks and vulnerabilities are modelled formally and a method for deducing security requirements from these entities in the context of an SGAM model is developed. A reference implementation of this method is presented, which allows the automated extraction of security requirements from SGAM models. This set of requirements can serve as an initial starting point for a thorough security analysis. Experience from practical application demonstrates the usefulness of the proposed approach.

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Acknowledgments

The financial support by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth and the Austrian National Foundation for Research, Technology and Development is gratefully acknowledged. Funding by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology and the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) under Project 838793, “INTEGRA”, is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Josef Ressel Center for User-Centric Smart Grid Privacy, Security and Control, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Salzburg, Austria

    Christian Neureiter, Günther Eibl & Dominik Engel

  2. OFFIS – Institute for Information Technology, Oldenburg, Germany

    Stefanie Schlegel & Mathias Uslar

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Neureiter, C., Eibl, G., Engel, D. et al. A concept for engineering smart grid security requirements based on SGAM models. Comput Sci Res Dev 31, 65–71 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00450-014-0288-2

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