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The management of security and privacy protection mechanisms is one fundamental issue of future smart grid and metering networks. Designing effective and economic measures is a non-trivial task due to a) the large number of system requirements and b) the uncertainty over how the system functionalities are going to be specified and evolve. The paper explores a unified approach for addressing security and privacy of smart metering systems. In the process, we present a unified framework that entails the analysis and synthesis of security solutions associated with closely interrelated components of a typical smart metering system. Ultimately, the proposed framework can be used as a guideline for embedding cross-domain security and privacy solutions into smart grid communication systems.