Types of Vulnerabilities of Optimizing Security in Smart Grid

There are various vulnerabilities, and some of them are the following:

        Security of privacy of users: Data collected by the smart monitoring can be utilized for intruding the user security, and it might be in the form of physical access or cyber-attack.

Intelligent devices: A hacker can always use an intelligent device for accessing the network of a smart grid.

These are few of the most common vulnerabilities, and the others will be explored in the thesis.

Types of Security Attacks of Optimizing Security in Smart Grid

Some of the most common security attacks are as follow:

Infusion of malware: It refers to the use of malware for malfunctioning the servers or devices for transmitting sensitive information.

Intrusion through different links of the database: This attack refers to the access of important data bank of a significant control system for varying the controlling states and causing severe damage to logical and physical infrastructure.

Affecting communication devices: The equipment which is utilized for communication can easily be blocked for disabling the communication among devices.

Traffic analysis: The capability of analyzing and accessing the traffic of data might lead to know about energy usage and future pricing.