Article Review and Case Study Synthesis

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Article Review and Case Study Synthesis
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Table of Contents
Part A: Article Review...............................................................................................................2
Part B: Case Study Synthesis.....................................................................................................8
References................................................................................................................................10

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Part A: Article Review
1. A brief synopsis of the article and risk management framework, its constructs,
findings and assertions
Cyber security within the most critical infrastructure has eventually aroused the
subsequent interest as well as worry of the energy utility, consumers, regulatory agency, and
government or even for the researches and academic institutions (Pardini, Heinisch and
Parreiras 2017). This article has built a specific theoretical model or framework for cyber
security management and governance for testing it with few of the academic professionals
and experts from the respective energy sectors. With the help of Delphi methodology and
statistics technique regarding validation and verification, the authors have developed an
assessment instrument on the basis of two constructs of management and governance.
A proper analysis of the Brazilian energy utility situation is being undertaken for
protecting the cyberspaces. This article has eventually reached to 2 fronts of an empirical or
even a conceptual one, since it systematises and enlarges the subsequent knowledge about
features of cyberspace management or governance (Buczak and Guven 2015). The
methodological framework used in this article helps for measurement of the dimensions in
the energy utility. This article has clearly described about the framework of cybersecurity
governance or even management for the smart grid within Brazilian energy utility. The
security of the smart grids or critical infrastructures majorly follows the traditional protection
means.
2. Description of the organizational background, industry, cyber spaces and cyber risks
Brazilian energy utilities are responsible for producing different energy aspects to the
consumers. Energy provisioning is termed as one of the most essential services as well as a
major element to improve overall life quality of population after successful enhancement of

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sustainable development and social inclusion (Elmaghraby and Losavio 2014). However,
they have to protect their cyber spaces from any kind of cyber risk and ensuring safety and
security to a high level. Such security refers to processes and technologies for successfully
protecting data, programs, devices and networks from attacks, damages as well as
unauthorized access. The smart grid comprise of an incremented utilization of control
technology and digitalized information for improvement of efficiency, security and reliability
to electric grids (Cherdantseva et al. 2016).
There is an increasing system vulnerabilities and for this particular fact, it is
completely unknown if Brazilian energy is prepared for facing the threats. The conceptual
framework within smart grid environment is being handled and the conceptions for
management and governance are being considered for cyber security (Wells et al. 2014).
Moreover, it was extremely important to manage within cyber space as well as the dimension,
the theoretical-empirical models and even the methodologies for better research as well as
application and validation of these models for the subsequent scopes of Brazilian energy
utility. The smart grid is the system for transmission of electric grids as well as distribution
with the help of remote sensing, bidirectional communications, proper monitoring as well as
control systems, being distributed in energy provisioning.
There exists some of the most distinctive and important cyber risks that are needed to
be analysed on a priority basis (Abawajy 2014). There are few categories of cyber risks,
which include inadvertent, deliberated, inaction, hardware, software, systems, process design
and execution, controlling of processes, supporting procedures, legal problems, business
related issues and service dependencies. The major issues under these thirteen categories are
errors, mistakes, frauds, sabotage, theft, vandalism, knowledge, guidance, performance,
maintenance, compatibility, designs, specification, integrations, complexities, process
flowing, escalation of issues, status monitoring, metrics, staffing, training and development,