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AN AREA IN NEED OF FOCUS Smart meters deliver Big data and new possibilities for better or for worse. It is easy to get excited about the positive applicability of Big data in the utility sectors. But we also make us as individuals and as societies more vulnerable to profiling, social control and hacker attacks on critical infrastructure from small and big enemies. The balance lies in being able to reap the positive possibilities of smart meters without making ourselves vulnerable.
In this way, somebody can use the supply data to eavesdrop on someone (stalking, burglary and bribery), hijack the meter (blackmail about cutting the supply shortly before Christmas) or just disconnect energy and water supplies in large areas of the country (sabotage, terror or cyber-attack). And we need to be aware that our new smart meters can be hijacked, or our supplies disconnected. ENISA has pointed out that the “principal difference between traditional grids and Smart grids is that there are three new main security objectives that must be taken in account: availability of the service, integrity of transmitted data and confidentiality of the consumer’s data.”
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Water treatment and corrosion prevention
Protect your district heating assets With more than 80 years of experience SILHORKO- EUROWATER knows the solution to protect pipes, boilers and other key equipment lies in optimum water treatment. Watch a short film (UK, DE, FR or DK) with a district heating company, that follows recommendations from the Danish District Heating Association for a chemical free solution to remove dissolved salts and oxygen.
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