Smart meters must be secured

There seems to be an awareness that not just Chinese meters but even domestic meters being installed at points of consumption are vulnerable and need to be secured against hacking

India is in the middle of the world’s largest programme of rolling out smart meters in the power sector. The Smart Meter National Programme (SMNP) is replacing 250 million conventional electricity  meters with smart Internet of Things-enabled meters. 

The biggest virtue of the meter is that they are connected and can relay information on power consumption in real-time. But this is also their biggest weakness. Millions of such connected devices are vulnerable to hacking and need a ring of security. The data generated from such devices is also sensitive and has to be protected. According to some reports, the government