Privacy and Security in Smart Energy Grids (Dagstuhl Seminar 16032)

Abstract

This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 16032 "Privacy and Security in Smart Energy Grids". Smart electricity grids augment the electricity distribution network with modern communications and computerized control to improve efficiency, reliability, and security of electricity distribution, and more flexible production. This initiative has been greeted by consumers and utilities not only with enthusiasm but also concern. Consumers worry about their privacy. Utilities worry about the security of their assets. These outcries and reactions have triggered academics and industry to look into designing privacy friendly architectures for smart metering. The Dagstuhl Seminar 16032 brought together academic researchers as well as utility experts in order to start an open dialogue on smart grid privacy and security problems and potential solutions to support customers and utilities. A particular focus of the seminar were problems related to two timely use-cases for the smart grid, namely smart charging of electric vehicles and distribution automation.