Efficient Authentication and Key Management Mechanisms for Smart Grid Communications

Nicanfar, Hasen; Jokar, Paria; Beznosov, Konstantin; Leung, Victor C. M.

doi:10.1109/jsyst.2013.2260942

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“…A key agreement protocol for the SG is proposed in [20], which reduces the number of hash functions used and the delay caused by the security process. Recently, an identity-based scheme is proposed to provide authentication between the SM and the AS, and reduces the total number of exchanged packets, but increases the CPO [21]. Many researchers have proposed solutions in order to resist against different attacks in the SG system, such as replay, MITM, impersonation, and DoS.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Table II shows a comparison of the security capabilities of the proposed protocol with the existing protocols. Note that [20] and [21] partially protect DoS attacks by simply limiting the key agreement sessions.…”

Section: B Defenses Against Security Attacksmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A mutual authentication between the HAN-GW and the BAN-GW is proposed in [1], and a mutual authentication between the SM and the AS of the DCU-GW is proposed in [21]. A number of authentication scenarios between SM, HAN-GW, BAN-GW, NAN-GW, and HA are presented in [20], whereas our protocol proposes mutual authentication between EP, SM, HAN-GW, BAN-GW, NAN-GW, and HA.…”

Section: Performance Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Table IV shows a comparison of the CMO and CPO of our protocol with the existing protocols [1], [20], [21]. Out of these three existing protocols, it is fair to compare our protocol with only the protocol in [20], as only this protocol includes most of the involved entities in the SG, while only two entities are involved in [1] and [21]. Although, the protocol in [20] and our protocol cover a similar range of entities, our protocol achieves much lower overhead.…”

Section: Performance Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

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Integrated Distributed Authentication Protocol for Smart Grid Communications

Saxena

Choi

2018

IEEE Systems Journal

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Abstract-In the smart grid, an integrated distributed authentication protocol is needed to not only securely manage the system but also efficiently authenticate many different entities for the communications. In addition, a lightweight authentication protocol is required to handle frequent authentications among billions of devices. Unfortunately, in the literature, there is no such integrated protocol that provides mutual authentication among the home environment, energy provider, gateways, and advanced metering infrastructure network. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a lightweight cloud-trusted authorities-based integrated (centrally controlled) distributed authentication protocol that provides mutual authentications among communicated entities in a distributed manner. Based on certificateless cryptosystem, our protocol is lightweight and efficient even when there are invalid requests in a batch. Security and performance analysis show that the protocol provides privacy preservation, forward secrecy, semantic security, perfect key ambiguous, and protection against identity thefts while generating lower overheads in comparison with the existing protocols. Also, the protocol is secure against man-in-the-middle attacks, redirection attacks, impersonation attacks, and denial-of-service attacks. Moreover, our protocol provides a complete resistance against flood-based denial-of-service attacks.

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Section: Related Workmentioning

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Integrated Distributed Authentication Protocol for Smart Grid Communications

Saxena

Choi

2018

IEEE Systems Journal

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“…However, the protocol does not provide authentication among SM, HAN, and HAs. Nicanfar et al [44] proposed a scheme that provides the mutual authentication between the SM and the AS of the SG. This scheme is based on an identity-based PKI and reduces the exchanged packets during authentication, but, generates a large overhead.…”

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State of the Art Authentication, Access Control, and Secure Integration in Smart Grid

Saxena

Choi

2015

Energies

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Abstract:The smart grid (SG) is a promising platform for providing more reliable, efficient, and cost effective electricity to the consumers in a secure manner. Numerous initiatives across the globe are taken by both industry and academia in order to compile various security issues in the smart grid network. Unfortunately, there is no impactful survey paper available in the literature on authentications in the smart grid network. Therefore, this paper addresses the required objectives of an authentication protocol in the smart grid network along with the focus on mutual authentication, access control, and secure integration among different SG components. We review the existing authentication protocols, and analyze mutual authentication, privacy, trust, integrity, and confidentiality of communicating information in the smart grid network. We review authentications between the communicated entities in the smart grid, such as smart appliance, smart meter, energy provider, control center (CC), and home/building/neighborhood area network gateways (GW). We also review the existing authentication schemes for the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) communication network along with various available secure integration and access control schemes. We also discuss the importance of the mutual authentication among SG entities while providing confidentiality and privacy preservation, seamless integration, and required access control with lower overhead, cost, and delay. This paper will help to provide a better understanding of current authentication, authorization, and secure integration issues in the smart grid network and directions to create interest among researchers to further explore these promising areas. OPEN ACCESSEnergies 2015, 8 11884

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Smart Home Device Security: A Survey of Smart Home Authentication Methods with a Focus on Mutual Authentication and Key Management Practices

Raju¹,

Moh²

2022

Cybersecurity in Smart Homes

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Efficient Authentication and Key Management Mechanisms for Smart Grid Communications

Cited by 171 publications

References 16 publications

Integrated Distributed Authentication Protocol for Smart Grid Communications

Integrated Distributed Authentication Protocol for Smart Grid Communications

State of the Art Authentication, Access Control, and Secure Integration in Smart Grid

Smart Home Device Security: A Survey of Smart Home Authentication Methods with a Focus on Mutual Authentication and Key Management Practices

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