Standards on cyber security assessment of smart grid

Security evaluation of communication systems in smart grid poses a great challenge to the developers and operators. In recent years, many new smart grid standards were proposed, which paradoxically results in the difficulty in finding a relevant publication in this plethora of literature. This paper presents the results of a systematic analysis which aimed at addressing this issue by identifying standards that present sound security assessment guidance. This should help practitioners in choosing the standards that are applicable to their area. Additionally the contents extracted from the standards can serve as a useful guidance on security assessments of smart grid components.