TY - GEN
T1 - SCAPACH
T2 - 2013 IEEE 2013 22nd International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks, ICCCN 2013
AU - Tabassum, Rehana
AU - Nahrstedt, Klara
AU - Rogers, Edmond
AU - Lui, King Shan
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In smart grid, the scale of pole devices that monitor the health of power line is very large. Moreover, with the upgrade of smart grid, the number of these resource-constrained (in terms of memory and computation) devices is further increasing. These devices are easy targets to security attacks as they are accessible via wireless network, and use weak passwords for authentication and transferring telemetric data to the pole maintenance personnel. In this paper, we present a SCalable and Automated PAssword- CHanging protocol, SCAPACH, for unique authentication of human personnel (operator) and secure collection of telemetric data from a large number of pole devices. SCAPACH employs physical per- operator, per-pole-device information as well as changeable secret salts to generate new unique passwords and secret keys every time a pole device is accessed. Our experiments confirm that the password-changing protocol authenticates and transmits pole device data securely and in real-time under varying maintenance scenarios.
AB - In smart grid, the scale of pole devices that monitor the health of power line is very large. Moreover, with the upgrade of smart grid, the number of these resource-constrained (in terms of memory and computation) devices is further increasing. These devices are easy targets to security attacks as they are accessible via wireless network, and use weak passwords for authentication and transferring telemetric data to the pole maintenance personnel. In this paper, we present a SCalable and Automated PAssword- CHanging protocol, SCAPACH, for unique authentication of human personnel (operator) and secure collection of telemetric data from a large number of pole devices. SCAPACH employs physical per- operator, per-pole-device information as well as changeable secret salts to generate new unique passwords and secret keys every time a pole device is accessed. Our experiments confirm that the password-changing protocol authenticates and transmits pole device data securely and in real-time under varying maintenance scenarios.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICCCN.2013.6614189
DO - 10.1109/ICCCN.2013.6614189
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84891425678
SN - 9781467357746
T3 - Proceedings - International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN
BT - 22nd International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN 2013 - Conference Proceedings
Y2 - 30 July 2013 through 2 August 2013
ER -