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”While all of this new technology can help secure smart cities, the technolo- gy itself poses security risks that must be addressed before implementation.”
tive and accurate investigation data. 5G capabilities, in addition to C-V2X communications, can deliver direct communications between cars and other smart objects in a city—warning vehicles of traffic, accidents, crowded intersections and more.
While all of this new technology can help secure smart cities, the technology itself poses security risks that must be addressed before implementation. Because there are software components to the devices, they must be updated often. These updates help to pre- vent vulnerabilities, which hackers are known to target for access to private data and information. Other solutions include security built into the design process, patching, effective cloud-based device monitoring and more.
The Three P Approach to Smart Cities
From public health to affordable housing, municipalities are build- ing innovative partnerships to modernize infrastructure and improve the overall quality of life in America’s cities. Past experience dem- onstrates how cities can overcome traditional barriers to financ- ing smart cities by investing in new technology and infrastructure and bringing critical players and budget sources together to create economic development.
Enter Public Private Partnerships, also referred to as P3. Private
entities can reap the benefits of smart cities by investing and working in partnership with the local government and law enforcement agen- cies to share information and resources.
A good example of a P3 approach to IoT security are sensors. Sen- sors that are deployed for smart city initiatives can be integrated with public safety sensors, enhancing situational awareness through big data analytics. However, the growth in smart city big data and the criticality of smart city systems will make them targets for more ad- vanced persistent threats (APT), or newer threats to confidentiality, integrity and availability. Success will require strong coordination across IT, OT and Physical Security decision makers.
Another benefit to a P3 approach, as pointed out by Itai Dadon, Director of IoT at Itron, is that in many cities, the research itself on the ROI of the major infrastructure upgrades required to sup- port IoT applications is a substantial investment in itself and takes a long time. Therefore, many leading cities have needed to rely on P3 arrangements to accelerate their smart city deployments.
Thinking Smarter for Big Results
IoT-connected smart cities provide many opportunities to improve security and safety while supporting urbanization and improving mo- bility. In establishing private-public partnerships focused on solving problems like infrastructure and cybersecurity, cities
and corporations can work together to prepare for all security risks and opportunities in order to ensure a prosperous and safe future for urban populations.
Will Wise is the group vice president of Security Events Portfolio at Reed Exhibitions.
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