Digital energy meters enabling remote reading and two-way communication with suppliers.
Smart meters are digital energy meters that record consumption and communicate with energy suppliers, enabling remote reading, real-time pricing, and demand management. The UK smart meter rollout connects millions of devices to energy networks. Smart meter security is critical—compromised meters could enable energy theft, grid manipulation, or mass disconnection. Smart meter systems use dedicated secure communications infrastructure.
Why It Matters
The DSC Perspective:
Smart meters exemplify IoT security at scale. The secure infrastructure behind smart meters demonstrates how critical IoT deployments require purpose-built security architectures.