Proceedings of the 7th Mathematics, Science, and Computer Science Education International Seminar, MSCEIS 2019, 12 October 2019, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Securing an Event-Based Smart Meter System to Prevent Pricing Cyberattack: A Preliminary Research

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.12-10-2019.2296521,
        author={Desti Nirwana Mozef and Fadhil  Hidayat},
        title={Securing an Event-Based Smart Meter System to Prevent Pricing Cyberattack: A Preliminary Research},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 7th Mathematics, Science, and Computer Science Education International Seminar, MSCEIS 2019, 12 October 2019, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={MSCEIS},
        year={2020},
        month={7},
        keywords={smart grid smart meter pricing cyberattack},
        doi={10.4108/eai.12-10-2019.2296521}
    }
    
  • Desti Nirwana Mozef
    Fadhil Hidayat
    Year: 2020
    Securing an Event-Based Smart Meter System to Prevent Pricing Cyberattack: A Preliminary Research
    MSCEIS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.12-10-2019.2296521
Desti Nirwana Mozef1,*, Fadhil Hidayat1
  • 1: Bandung Institute of Technology
*Contact email: destimozef@students.itb.ac.id

Abstract

Being a part of the smart grid, a smart meter is a device that is widely used nowadays because it is expected to improve the efficiency of the current electricity network by using advanced digital information and communication technology. One of the advantages of using the smart meter is it can simplify the billing process. However, because the smart meter system must be connected to intranet and extranet networks, it becomes vulnerable to several security and privacy threats. One of the major concerns is pricing cyber-attack, which happens when energy consumption data becomes the target of an attack because this can affect the amount of billing that must be paid by costumers. There are already several studies that discussed securing the smart grid system using various methods but those are still computationally complex and only implemented on time-based type smart meters. The aim of this paper is to present preliminary research on securing an event-based smart meter system from a pricing cyber-attack.