Smart City Cyber Security

Cyber Security for the development of Smart Cities

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Cyber Security Consultant and Enterprise Architect with an interest in semantic systems for security, strategy and architectural development.

Category: Smart City Threat Model

  • Smart City Cyber Security Ontology and Inferencing Proof of Concept overview.

    The increasing development of cyber-physical technology in a smart city means an equal increase in the threat landscape and risk of cyber attack. The UK Government has recently published an interesting paper on the vision of cyber-physical infrastructure. This PDF covers the diverse range of capabilities offered by cyber-physical technologies including some interesting semantic topics…

  • Lessons to be learned from recent attacks to cities

    A recent article from IOT World highlights that real world events can trigger cyber attacks either as protest or retaliation. City Security: How Fort Lauderdale Deals with Cyber Threats The article describes: In 2014, the city of Ferguson, Mo. was hit with a cyberattack in apparent retaliation for the police shooting of the unarmed teen…

  • Connected Homes, Communities and Cities Threat Environment

    As Smart Cities develop, the relationship between the Home, Communities and the City as a whole will become ever more integrated and connected. Each of these can be viewed independently, paired or all together when considering the specific threat environment and landscape. By threat environment and landscape i mean the broader make up of the…

  • Recent cyber attacks on Cities

    A review of the reported incidents on Hackmageddon shows that there are a variety of City / Public Services attacks emerging. Target Overview Attack Types / Vector Sunderland City Council Hackers access users’ personal details in a cyber attack on Sunderland City Council’s library database. Data Breech, Compromise, Access Louisville Regional Airport Authority (LRAA) Is…

  • The House that Google built

    Google has committed to a $1 billion plan that would help build 20,000 homes in the Bay Area over the next decade. San Francisco Chronicle If Google does get the go-ahead to develop new houses then how much of its own technology portfolio will it invest in each of these homes? Whilst Google does not…

  • Vulnerabilities and soft targets

    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…

  • Who or what is the Weakest Link?

    As the number of devices and systems within Smart Cities will increase dramatically over the next ten years so will the number of vulnerabilities and weaknesses open to exploitation. Yet it may well be that the weakest link in Smart Cities will be the citizens themselves either as inhabitants, tourists or employees. As new threat…