TY - BOOK AU - Terracciano,Monica AU - Lamberti,Annalisa AU - Martucci,Nicola M. AU - Migliaccio,Nunzia AU - Rea,Ilaria AU - Rendina,Ivo AU - Ruggiero,Immacolata AU - Santos,H�lder A. AU - Stefano,Luca De AU - Tino,Angela AU - Tortiglione,Claudia TI - Chapter Silica-Based Nanovectors: From Mother Nature to Biomedical Applications SN - 63191 PY - 2016/// PB - InTechOpen KW - Semi-conductors & super-conductors KW - bicssc KW - smart grid, IoT, security, privacy, cloud, web service, service‐oriented architecture N1 - Open Access N2 - Energy management in households gets increasingly more attention in the struggle to integrate more sustainable energy sources. Especially in the electrical system, smart grid systems are envisioned to be part in the efforts towards a better utilisation of the energy production and distribution infrastructure. The Home Energy Management System (HEMS) is a critical infrastructure component in this endeavour. Its main goal is to enable energy services utilising smart devices in the households based on the interest of the residential consumers and external actors. With the role of being both an essential link in the communication infrastructure for balancing the electrical grid and a surveillance unit in private homes, security and privacy become essential to address. In this chapter, we identify and address potential threats Home Energy Management Platform (HEMP) developers should consider in the progress of designing architecture, selecting hardware and building software. Our approach starts with a general view of the involved stakeholders and the HEMS. Given the system overview, a threat model is constructed from the HEMP developer's point of view. Based on the threats that have been detected, possible mitigation strategies are proposed taking into account the state of the art of technology for securing platforms UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/cb592c11-565a-4caa-bbe2-3207b8257615/50687.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49175 ER -