Secure Smart Grid Management Maturity Within Big Data

Abstract

Smart energy systems of smart energy grid and meters are effective on operational processes and regulations in terms of security, continuity, and remote effective management. For a better development of smart grid, in which the data volume and complexity increases rapidly, smart energy management security plans should be implemented for efficiency and reliability of the network. Big data in energy systems plays an important role both in assessing the capacity needed and in making smarter investments to manage energy demand and supply. In this chapter, a novel secure smart energy management maturity model is presented in the context of capacity planning, demand forecasting, predictive maintenance, software optimization, network optimization, detecting and preventing threats, disaster recovery, and business intelligence and data visualization on which security criterias should be considered, planned, and managed for smart grids including big data. Relevant international big data and smart grid standards have been proposed for security, continuity, and performance in smart networks.