• DocumentCode
    3609226
  • Title

    Assessing a Potential Cyberattack on the Italian Electric System

  • Author

    Bruno, Clementina ; Guidi, Luca ; Lorite-Espejo, Azahara ; Pestonesi, Daniela

  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    42
  • Lastpage
    51
  • Abstract
    This case study explores a hypothetic but plausible attack on the Italian electric system. Under particular scenarios of grid weakness, it could lead to a blackout costing the local economy 35 to 46 million euros in damages.
  • Keywords
    power engineering computing; power system security; security of data; Italian electric system; grid weakness scenario; potential cyberattack assessment; Computer crime; Computer security; Economics; Europe; Malware; Power generation; Servers; Italy; blackout; cyberattack; economics; economics of security and privacy; infrastructure protection; malware; security; spyware;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSP.2015.99
  • Filename
    7310800