In the first wave of Smart City developments, with proposed projects like Waterfront Toronto and Bleutech Park Las Vegas, these will be designated zones within existing cities. Whilst the Waterfront project has seen some controversy and objections from Toronto residents those that object to these projects may well not be their first inhabitants. Others who are more in favour of the lifestyle and services offered and happy to accept the technology surveillance that entails may also be more trusting of the security that will protect them.
Ironically, that level of trust may be a trait that exposes them to greater vulnerability to social engineering and susceptible to a cyber attack. Determining vulnerabilities and attacks through social engineering will be examined as part of the development of a Smart City Threat Model.
Smart City Cyber Security 