NDLI: Authentication and authorization for Smart Grid application interfaces

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Lakshminarayanan, S.
Copyright Year	2011
Description	Author affiliation: GE-Energy, Atlanta, GA USA (Lakshminarayanan, S.)
Abstract	Smart Grid Applications interfaces with other Smart Grid and back office applications to solve various business needs. For instance billing systems needs to be interfaced with AMI system to find out the power usage in order to bill the customer. AMI System may be interfaced with DMS system as part of demand response management. Such interfaces could cross logical, physical and organizational boundaries thus creating a need for secure systems integration. When interfacing one Smart Grid application with another one has to ensure that only authorized users can interface and that requires authentication to be done in the first place. In a highly integrated Smart Grid environment that crosses across applications from various vendors and some may be hosted outside, it is a challenge to create authentication and authorization policies and enforce them in a consistent manner. This paper will describe the challenges regarding authentication and authorization such as the possibility of losing the authenticated user Identity when various applications are interfaced, privilege escalation, and the challenge of defining and enforcing consistent authorization policy. This paper will also describe various interoperability standards and a reference architecture that will address the challenges.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	5
File Size	875803
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781612847894
e-ISBN	9781612847887
e-ISBN	9781612847870
DOI	10.1109/PSCE.2011.5772596
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-03-20
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	SOA Service oriented architecture SAML Security WS-Trust WS-Security Standards XACMl Authorization Authentication Computer architecture Smart grids Smart Grid Security
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
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