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International Journal of Information Security
Published in: International Journal of Information Security 1/2024

31-08-2023 | Regular Contribution

Security assessment and improvement of smart grid NIKE protocol

Authors: Tao Feng, Wentao Jin, Minghu Zhang, Lu Zheng

Published in: International Journal of Information Security | Issue 1/2024

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Abstract

Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) is a fundamental functional module of Smart Grid that supports mutual communication between customers and electric companies. In order to secure AMI communication, scholars have proposed many key management schemes, some of which suffer from security issues or high costs. Recently, Mohammadali et al. proposed a key establishment NIKE protocol based on Elliptic Curve Cryptography. In this paper, we demonstrate that the protocol is vulnerable to both replay and tampering attacks and does not provide user anonymity. For the security vulnerabilities of the NIKE protocol, we propose an improvement scheme. And the proposed scheme is analyzed and verified for security based on the random oracle model and formal tools. Finally, we perform performance analysis of the improved scheme and the results show that the scheme has low communication and computation costs.
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Metadata
Title
Security assessment and improvement of smart grid NIKE protocol
Authors
Tao Feng
Wentao Jin
Minghu Zhang
Lu Zheng
Publication date
31-08-2023
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
International Journal of Information Security / Issue 1/2024
Print ISSN: 1615-5262
Electronic ISSN: 1615-5270
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10207-023-00746-3

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