Security Profile for Advanced Metering Infrastructure - Open Smart ...
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3 Introduction<br />
The <strong>Advanced</strong> <strong>Metering</strong> <strong>Infrastructure</strong> <strong>Security</strong> (AMI-SEC) Task Force was established August<br />
2007 under the Utility Communications Architecture International Users Group (UCAIug) to<br />
develop consistent security guidelines <strong>for</strong> the initial AMI portion of the <strong>Smart</strong> Grid. The Task<br />
Force set <strong>for</strong>th an aggressive schedule <strong>for</strong> 2008, with voluntary resources and found this was not<br />
sufficient to maintain the desired pace; there<strong>for</strong>e, several utilities expressed the need <strong>for</strong> further<br />
and faster assistance with AMI security. In response, the AMI-SEC leadership defined a project<br />
to accelerate and augment the work of the Task Force, referred to as ASAP.<br />
The <strong>Advanced</strong> <strong>Security</strong> Acceleration Project <strong>Smart</strong> Grid (ASAP-SG) has evolved to a<br />
collaborative ef<strong>for</strong>t between EnerNex Corporation, multiple major North American utilities, the<br />
National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the United States Department of Energy<br />
(DOE), including resources from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Software Engineering<br />
Institute of Carnegie Mellon University. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) played a<br />
major role in bringing their utility membership to the original ASAP project and they may do so<br />
again with ASAP-SG.<br />
Now with the objectives defined in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009,<br />
utilities are under greater pressure to aggressively deploy smart grid technologies and<br />
applications. Additionally the President of the United States, U.S. Congress, the Federal Energy<br />
Regulatory Commission, the DOE, and numerous other authoritative entities have identified<br />
cyber security <strong>for</strong> the smart grid as a top priority. This project addresses both the<br />
recommendation by the utilities of the <strong>Open</strong> <strong>Smart</strong> Grid Committee and government entities to<br />
take the next step to produce actionable, understandable, and targeted guidance <strong>for</strong> securing the<br />
smart grid.<br />
<strong>Security</strong> <strong>Profile</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Advanced</strong> <strong>Metering</strong> <strong>Infrastructure</strong> Version 1.0<br />
UtiliSec Working Group (UCAIug) December 10, 2009<br />
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