Smart Grid Privacy Standards Proposed
By Rebecca Herold (The Privacy Professor) CIPP, CISSP, CISM, CISA, FLMI
Access to live energy use data can reveal if people are in the dwelling, what they are doing, where they are in the dwelling, and access to data use profiles that can reveal specific times and locations of electricity use in specific areas of the dwelling can also indicate the types of activities within the dwelling over a period of time. The information revealed is a type of surveillance. We need layers of privacy protections throughout the entire smart grid to effectively address privacy concerns and prevent privacy invasions and breaches.
Fifteen More Smart Grid Privacy Concerns
By Rebecca Herold (The Privacy Professor) CIPP, CISSP, CISM, CISA, FLMI
Wouldn’t it be a good idea to have privacy certifications for the organizations that are part of the large smart grid and for the smart meters to help ensure they are appropriately addressing privacy and providing households with informed decision-making capabilities for how the information collected from their homes through these devices are used?
Top Ten Smart Grid Privacy Concerns
By Rebecca Herold (The Privacy Professor) CIPP, CISSP, CISM, CISA, FLMI
Establish energy industry standards that require each utility to perform at least annual PIAs for their area of responsibility on the Smart Grid, in addition to performing PIAs when significant operations changes occur, to show the privacy vulnerabilities and threats for consumer meter and power collection points.
