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
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