Securing the Information Infrastructure for EV Charging

Abstract

We consider the functional and security requirements for the information exchanges in the infrastructure for EV charging being trialled in the Netherlands, which includes support for congestion management using the smart charging protocol OSCP. We note that current solutions do not provide true end-to-end security, even if all communication links are secured (for instance with TLS), as some data is forwarded between multiple parties. We argue that securing the data itself rather than just securing the communication links is the best way to address security needs and provide end-to-end security. Moreover, because of the number of parties involved and the fact that the precise roles of these parties are still evolving, we argue that more datacentric communication solutions, using pub/sub (publish/subscribe) middleware, may be better suited than using point-to-point communication links between all parties, given the flexibility and scalability provided by pub/sub middleware.

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