Download or read book Securing Electricity Supply in the Cyber Age written by Zofia Lukszo and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-12-31 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the contributions from a workshop entitled "Electricity security in the cyber age: Managing the increasing dependence of the electricity infrastructure on ICT," which was organized in the Netherlands in May 2009.
Download or read book International Handbook of Energy Security written by Hugh Dyer and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÔThis Handbook should be consulted by anybody interested in the issue of energy security. It convincingly demonstrates why the provision of energy is such a contentious issue, addressing the complex interaction of economic, social, environmental, technical and political aspects involved. The book is particularly valuable in investigating and highlighting processes in which (inter)national actors apply this variety of aspects in (re)constructing their notion of Òenergy securityÓ, its particular meaning and the implications thereof. Such understanding of energy security is helpful!Õ Ð Aad F. CorreljŽ, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands ÔEnergy security has for long been treated as an issue of pure geopolitics. Hugh Dyer and Maria Julia Trombetta aim at broadening energy security debates and extend them to new agendas. Their excellent Handbook offers a fresh perspective on four crucial dimensions: supply, demand, environment and human security. A diverse group of international energy scholars provides for an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of key contemporary energy problems, ranging from an oil producersÕ perspectives on energy security to ethical dimensions of renewable energy and climate governance.Õ Ð Andreas Goldthau, Central European University, Hungary This Handbook brings together energy security experts to explore the implications of framing the energy debate in security terms, both in respect of the governance of energy systems and the practices associated with energy security. The contributors expertly review and analyse the key aspects and research issues in the emerging field of energy security, test the current state of knowledge, and provide suggestions for reflection and further analysis. This involves providing an account of the multiplicity of discourses and meanings of energy security, and contextualizing them. They also suggest a rewriting of energy security discourses and their representation in purely economic terms. This volume examines energy security and its conceptual and practical challenges from the perspectives of security of supply, security of demand, environmental change and human security. It will prove essential for students in the fields of global, international and national politics of energy, economics, and society as well as engineering. It will also appeal to policy practitioners and anybody interested in keeping the lights on, avoiding climate change, and providing a secure future for humanity.
Download or read book Critical Infrastructure Protection written by Javier Lopez and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-30 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume aims to provide an overview of the current understanding of the so-called Critical Infrastructure (CI), and particularly the Critical Information Infrastructure (CII), which not only forms one of the constituent sectors of the overall CI, but also is unique in providing an element of interconnection between sectors as well as often also intra-sectoral control mechanisms. The 14 papers of this book present a collection of pieces of scientific work in the areas of critical infrastructure protection. In combining elementary concepts and models with policy-related issues on one hand and placing an emphasis on the timely area of control systems, the book aims to highlight some of the key issues facing the research community.
Download or read book Smart Grids and Their Communication Systems written by Ersan Kabalci and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents a broad overview of emerging smart grid technologies and communication systems, offering a helpful guide for future research in the field of electrical engineering and communication engineering. It explores recent advances in several computing technologies and their performance evaluation, and addresses a wide range of topics, such as the essentials of smart grids for fifth generation (5G) communication systems. It also elaborates the role of emerging communication systems such as 5G, internet of things (IoT), IEEE 802.15.4 and cognitive radio networks in smart grids. The book includes detailed surveys and case studies on current trends in smart grid systems and communications for smart metering and monitoring, smart grid energy storage systems, modulations and waveforms for 5G networks. As such, it will be of interest to practitioners and researchers in the field of smart grid and communication infrastructures alike.
Download or read book Security in the Cyber Age written by Derek S. Reveron and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore how cyberspace works, analyze how state and non-state actors exploit vulnerabilities, and discover ways to improve cybersecurity.
Download or read book ICCWS 2015 10th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security written by Jannie Zaaiman and published by Academic Conferences Limited. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These Proceedings are the work of researchers contributing to the 10th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security ICCWS 2015, co hosted this year by the University of Venda and The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. The conference is being held at the Kruger National Park, South Africa on the 24 25 March 2015. The Conference Chair is Dr Jannie Zaaiman from the University of Venda, South Africa, and the Programme Chair is Dr Louise Leenen from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa.
Download or read book Handbook of SCADA Control Systems Security written by Burt G. Look and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive handbook covers fundamental security concepts, methodologies, and relevant information pertaining to supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and other industrial control systems used in utility and industrial facilities worldwide. Including six new chapters, six revised chapters, and numerous additional figures, photos, and illustrations, it addresses topics in social implications and impacts, governance and management, architecture and modeling, and commissioning and operations. It presents best practices as well as methods for securing a business environment at the strategic, tactical, and operational levels.
Download or read book Handbook of SCADA Control Systems Security written by Robert Radvanovsky and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The availability and security of many services we rely upon—including water treatment, electricity, healthcare, transportation, and financial transactions—are routinely put at risk by cyber threats. The Handbook of SCADA/Control Systems Security is a fundamental outline of security concepts, methodologies, and relevant information pertaining to the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems and technology that quietly operate in the background of critical utility and industrial facilities worldwide. Divided into five sections, the book examines topics comprising functions within and throughout industrial control systems (ICS) environments. Topics include: Emerging trends and threat factors that plague the ICS security community Risk methodologies and principles that can be applied to safeguard and secure an automated operation Methods for determining events leading to a cyber incident, and methods for restoring and mitigating issues—including the importance of critical communications The necessity and reasoning behind implementing a governance or compliance program A strategic roadmap for the development of a secured SCADA/control systems environment, with examples Relevant issues concerning the maintenance, patching, and physical localities of ICS equipment How to conduct training exercises for SCADA/control systems The final chapters outline the data relied upon for accurate processing, discusses emerging issues with data overload, and provides insight into the possible future direction of ISC security. The book supplies crucial information for securing industrial automation/process control systems as part of a critical infrastructure protection program. The content has global applications for securing essential governmental and economic systems that have evolved into present-day security nightmares. The authors present a "best practices" approach to securing business management environments at the strategic, tactical, and operational levels.
Download or read book Critical Infrastructure Protection XVII written by Jason Staggs and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024-01-29 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The information infrastructure – comprising computers, embedded devices, networks and software systems – is vital to operations in every sector: chemicals, commercial facilities, communications, critical manufacturing, dams, defense industrial base, emergency services, energy, financial services, food and agriculture, government facilities, healthcare and public health, information technology, nuclear reactors, materials and waste, transportation systems, and water and wastewater systems. Global business and industry, governments, indeed society itself, cannot function if major components of the critical information infrastructure are degraded, disabled or destroyed. Critical Infrastructure Protection XVII describes original research results and innovative applications in the interdisciplinary field of critical infrastructure protection. Also, it highlights the importance of weaving science, technology and policy in crafting sophisticated, yet practical, solutions that will help secure information, computer and network assets in the various critical infrastructure sectors. Areas of coverage include: Themes and Issues Smart Grid Risks and Impacts Network and Telecommunications Systems Security Infrastructure Security Automobile Security This book is the seventeenth volume in the annual series produced by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Working Group 11.10 on Critical Infrastructure Protection, an international community of scientists, engineers, practitioners and policy makers dedicated to advancing research, development and implementation efforts focused on infrastructure protection. The book contains a selection of eleven edited papers from the Seventeenth Annual IFIP WG 11.10 International Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection, which was held at SRI International, Arlington, Virginia, USA in the spring of 2023. Critical Infrastructure Protection XVII is an important resource for researchers, faculty members and graduate students, as well as for as well as for policy makers, practitioners and other individuals with interests in homeland security.
Download or read book Network Science and Cybersecurity written by Robinson E. Pino and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Network Science and Cybersecurity introduces new research and development efforts for cybersecurity solutions and applications taking place within various U.S. Government Departments of Defense, industry and academic laboratories. This book examines new algorithms and tools, technology platforms and reconfigurable technologies for cybersecurity systems. Anomaly-based intrusion detection systems (IDS) are explored as a key component of any general network intrusion detection service, complementing signature-based IDS components by attempting to identify novel attacks. These attacks may not yet be known or have well-developed signatures. Methods are also suggested to simplify the construction of metrics in such a manner that they retain their ability to effectively cluster data, while simultaneously easing human interpretation of outliers. This is a professional book for practitioners or government employees working in cybersecurity, and can also be used as a reference. Advanced-level students in computer science or electrical engineering studying security will also find this book useful .
Download or read book Approaches and Processes for Managing the Economics of Information Systems written by Tsiakis, Theodosios and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explores the value of information and its management by highlighting theoretical and empirical approaches in the economics of information systems, providing insight into how information systems can generate economic value for businesses and consumers"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Modelling and Simulation of Electrical Energy Systems Through a Complex Systems Approach Using Agent Based Models written by Enrique Alberto Kremers and published by KIT Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complexity science aims to better understand the processes of both natural and man-made systems which are composed of many interacting entities at different scales. A disaggregated approach is proposed for simulating electricity systems, by using agent-based models coupled to continuous ones. The approach can help in acquiring a better understanding of the operation of the system itself, e.g. on emergent phenomena or scale effects; as well as in the improvement and design of future smart grids.
Download or read book Advanced Topics in Measurements written by Md. Zahurul Haq and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measurement is a multidisciplinary experimental science. Measurement systems synergistically blend science, engineering and statistical methods to provide fundamental data for research, design and development, control of processes and operations, and facilitate safe and economic performance of systems. In recent years, measuring techniques have expanded rapidly and gained maturity, through extensive research activities and hardware advancements. With individual chapters authored by eminent professionals in their respective topics, Advanced Topics in Measurements attempts to provide a comprehensive presentation and in-depth guidance on some of the key applied and advanced topics in measurements for scientists, engineers and educators.
Download or read book Driven by Demand written by Jimmy Yi-Jie Jia and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible, non-technical book that reframes the discussion around societal demand for energy via a range of international case studies.
Download or read book Energy Systems Modeling and Policy Analysis written by B K Bala and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energy Systems Modeling and Policy Analysis covers a wide spectrum of topics including policy analysis and the optimal operational planning of integrated energy systems using a systems approach. This book details the importance of energy modeling and policy analysis, system dynamics and linear programming, modeling of energy supplies, energy demand, and environmental impact. Integrated energy systems at micro- and macro-levels, the application of simulation techniques for integrated rural energy systems, and integrated electric power systems/smart grids are covered as well. Features: Covers topics such as modeling, optimization and control of energy systems, and data analysis collected using a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system Uses system dynamics methodology (based on control systems theory) as well as other modeling tools Focuses on energy and environmental issues Provides optimal operational planning and management of integrated electric power systems and smart grids Covers the simulated planning and management of integrated national electric power systems using system dynamics This book is aimed at graduate students in electrical engineering, energy technology, microgrids, energy policy, and control systems.
Download or read book Internet and Distributed Computing Systems written by Yang Xiang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-10-31 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Internet and Distributed Computing Systems, IDCS 2012, held in Wuyishan, Fujian, China, in November 2012. The conference was co-located with the 6th International Conference on Network and System Security, NSS 2012. The 22 revised full papers of IDCS 2012 presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 80 submissions. The papers cover the following topics: ad-hoc and sensor networks; internet and Web technologies; network operations and management; information infrastructure; resilience; fault tolerance and availability.
Download or read book Pinpoint How GPS is Changing Technology Culture and Our Minds written by Greg Milner and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the most mesmerizing and exhilarating, yet alarming modern technology books…an extraordinary tale." —Gillian Tett, Financial Times Pinpoint tells the fascinating story of a hidden system that touches nearly every aspect of modern life. Tracking the development of GPS from its origins as a bomb guidance system to its present ubiquity, Greg Milner examines the technology’s double-edged effect on the way we live, work, and travel. Savvy and original, this sweeping scientific history offers startling insight into how humans understand their place in the world.
