After several months without being able to post any new material to this site i am now in a position to return to produce new articles and resources. I am going to pick up on a topic i made last year on the use of Cisco SAFE as the means to define a security reference … Continue reading Smart City reference architecture.
I have published an overview of a POC i have been recently working on, under the Digital Twin menu, to determine how the design of several Digital Twins in Protege, as an OWL ontology, can then be used to examine data models and make inferences to further context and reference details. The data is analysed … Continue reading Digital Twin Proof of Concept using Neo4j and Protege
This is a fascinating session on the use of Digital Twins. It features the development of a Digital Twin though the RealEstateCore Ontology, MS Azure Digital Twin platform and the WillowTwin platform https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Internet-of-Things-Show/Azure-Digital-Twins-for-smart-buildings-A-look-into-WillowTwin-solution/player
I recently came across the Centre for Digital Built Britain, a major programme to advance the development of a digital Great Britain. The Centre for Digital Built Britain is a partnership between the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and the University of Cambridge to understand how the construction and infrastructure sectors could use a … Continue reading Centre for Digitally Built Britain and Digital Twin Hub
Whilst i didn't get the chance to attend all of the sessions today i was very impressed with those i did attend. I did enjoy the opening session - A Conversation with Minister Takuya Hirai: a New Digitalization Strategy for Japan - and in particular their plans for a Digital Agency and the principles they … Continue reading Smart City Expo day 1
Starting tomorrow is the Smart City Expo World Congress virtual event. Details can be found at SmartCityExpo website. Covid19 is a common theme across the Agenda but there are a host of other events covering the following themes:- Adapting urban mobility to safe and sustainable travelTechnologies to address global urban challengesRedesigning cities and urban living … Continue reading Smart City Live 2020 virtual expo 17 Nov
Over the last few months i have had little time to continue my research and writing for this blog hence the gap of three months. I am now able to continue and will pick of where i left off with SAFE modelling, NIST CSF and Smart City Cyber Security as well as new topics such … Continue reading Update and Smart Cities post Covid19
I am going to use the Cisco SAFE security reference architecture as a complimentary method to NIST CSF to help explain how these methods can be used to support a Smart City Cyber Security Strategy. SAFE is further expanded through its identification of threat types and mapping to MITRE ATT&CK. In particular i will focus … Continue reading Cisco SAFE security reference architecture
The investment into a smart city cyber security strategy will be considerable, in both monetary and resource effort, so it is very important to define the variety of strategic context for senior stakeholders and those involved in operations. Assumptions are often too easily made on the basis that the reasons, goals and objectives are fully … Continue reading Smart City & Cyber Security Strategic Context
Here is a link to a Blog covering the main Smart City Conferences in 2020. CitizenLab Blog - Smart City Conferences in 2020 Several of these conferences have sections on Security: MOVE 2020 - Security, Liability & RegulationSmartCity - Safety & SecuritySmart Cities SummitSmart City Solutions
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