A Framework for Resilient Data Management for Smart Grids

Smart grids add information and communication technologies to traditional energy grids. This extension leads to an increased number of new devices in the energy system, like smart meters, sensors, and other electrical infrastructure devices. Collectively these devices produce a vast amount of heterogeneous data that needs to be captured, processed, and analyzed. Besides, the energy system transforms from a one-way into a bidirectional distribution of energy and information. System users not only consume the energy they also produce, store, and share it. These innovations result in potential more and new vulnerabilities. Therefore, a reliable, failure resistant, and secure data management for smart grids is required. This paper describes the problem definition and the research goals of a dissertation research project with a focus on resilient data management for smart grids. The dissertation aims to contribute to the design and development of resilient data management systems for smart grids through a systematic and structured framework that provides suitable technology suggestions and methods to address the described vulnerabilities.