A recently published report from ABI Research highlights that the lack of investment into Smart City Cyber Security will have some serious consequences.
To quote from ABI Research summary:
On top of strategic recommendations, this report offers three distinct smart city cybersecurity frameworks aimed to assist implementers tailor their needs accordingly, each of which offers unique insights and deep analysis into multiple technology layers, vertical considerations and standards using the connected energy grid as a key example. Additionally, a market data section has been included which sheds more light into smart city wide-area network (WAN), offers segmentation by end markets (e.g. smart meters, video surveillance, building automation, etc.) and identifies key market trends as well as cybersecurity shortcomings.
It will be interesting to read what their three cyber security frameworks describe and cover.
Quoting ABI Research:
1. SMART CITY CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORKS
- The Vertical Approach Framework
- The Technology Layer Framework
- The Unified Standards-Driven Framework
Smart City Cyber Security 