An information flow security model for home area network of smart grid

Author

Jizhou Tong ; Weiqing Sun ; Lingfeng Wang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

26-29 May 2013

Firstpage

456

Lastpage

461

Abstract

Compared to the conventional home area network (HAN), the HAN in a smart grid environment features a higher level of innovative technologies and larger amounts of data, which demands a comprehensive approach to securing its data transmission and communications. In this paper, we analyze the information flow in the HAN and present a security model to secure the information in its transmission. An implementation method for applying the model in the HAN is proposed through embedding a component in every HAN device. Its function is to assign the security labels to the data packages and enforce the information flow policy. Results from the simulation show that it is effective to manage the information flow securely in the HAN.

Keywords

building management systems; computer network management; computer network security; home networks; smart power grids; HAN device; data communications security; data packages; data transmission security; home area network; information flow management; information flow policy; information flow security model; information security; security labels; smart grid environment; Analytical models; Buildings; Home appliances; Logic gates; Security; Smart grids; TV; home area network; information flow; security label; security model; smart building;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cyber Technology in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems (CYBER), 2013 IEEE 3rd Annual International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0610-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CYBER.2013.6705489

Filename

6705489