Smart meter: Applications, security issues and challenges

The smart meter is an important intelligent device on the Smart Grid that has the capability to report information related to power consumption, billing and other significant readings.The protection of smart meter communications against attacks is essential to ensure reliable operations of the Smart Grid.In this paper, we give an overview of smart meter applications, and we discuss the security issues and attacks that can be performed on the smart meter and that may have severe impacts on the global Smart Grid network