Smart meter security testing is needed to protect the energy infrastructure.

Smart meters with network capabilities simplify infrastructure maintenance through automation. However, smart meters also introduce risk. The ability to compromise a smart meter and spread a worm through the network has already been demonstrated in the lab. DOE and DHS guidelines direct device manufacturers and electrical utilities to address these security gaps.

What to Test

To protect the energy infrastructure, smart meter security testing should validate:

• The device’s ability to detect and prevent known attacks and vulnerabilities
• Throughput with processor-intensive features enabled
• Performance when under attack

Spirent Solutions

Spirent’s smart meter security testing solutions can help protect your utility infrastructure:

• Avalanche provides complete multi 10Gbps security, attack and performance testing, enabling users to test smart meters at line rate speeds to simulate daily business traffic and understand the impact of network faults and attacks
• Spirent TestCenter provides a converged platform for testing performance at scale and with realism.
  Spirent iTest automates testing processes to accelerate smart meter testing
• Spirent Studio Security is a testing solution purpose-built for validating security capabilities via fuzz testing, DDOS replication, vulnerability assessment and security capability verification
• Professional Services - Enterprise OnDEMAND On-Site Performance Testing is designed to detect and mitigate problems before you launch any new infrastructure or IT solution
• Support Services ensure that system technology is always current and operating at maximum performance