ECCAuth: A Secure Authentication Protocol for Demand Response Management in a Smart Grid System

The devices in smart grids (SG) transfer data to a utility center (UC) or to the remote control centers. Using these data, the energy balance is maintained between consumers and the grid. However, this flow of data may be tampered by the intruders, which may result in energy imbalance. Thus, a robus...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on industrial informatics Vol. 15; no. 12; pp. 6572 - 6582
Main Authors: Kumar, Neeraj, Aujla, Gagangeet Singh, Das, Ashok Kumar, Conti, Mauro
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Piscataway IEEE 01.12.2019
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects:
Authentication
automated validation of internet security protocols and applications (AVISPA)
Control centres
Cryptography
Curves
cyber-physical-social systems (CPSS)
Data analysis
Data encryption
Data transfer (computers)
Domains
Energy management
Load management
Protocols
real-or-random (RoR) model
Remote control
security
Smart devices
Smart grid
smart grid (SG)
Smart meters
ISSN:1551-3203, 1941-0050
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Summary:The devices in smart grids (SG) transfer data to a utility center (UC) or to the remote control centers. Using these data, the energy balance is maintained between consumers and the grid. However, this flow of data may be tampered by the intruders, which may result in energy imbalance. Thus, a robust authentication protocol, which supports dynamic SG device validation and UC addition, both in the local and global domains, is an essential requirement. For this reason, ECCAuth: a novel elliptic curve cryptography-based authentication protocol is proposed in this paper for preserving demand response in SG. This protocol allows establishment of a secret session key between an SG device and a UC after mutual authentication. Using this key, they can securely communicate for exchanging the sensitive information. The formal security analysis, informal security analysis, and formal security verification show that ECCAuth can withstand several known attacks.
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ISSN:1551-3203
1941-0050
DOI:10.1109/TII.2019.2922697