It is important to select the right cyber security capabilities necessary to fulfil the scope and vision for a Smart City and the individual cyber security requirements. There may be potentially over 100 cyber security capabilities needed to support a large Smart City organisation and services. They could be chosen from a best practice framework … Continue reading Cyber Security Capabilities for a Smart City Cyber Security Strategy
There will come a point in the development and transition of a City into a Smart City where cyber security becomes paramount and for many cities that point may already have been reached. It is at this point a City must assess its ability to deal with a new threat landscape and prepare a strategy … Continue reading Smart City Cyber Security Strategy
If there is one lesson to learn from the cyber security incidents that have plagued public and private organisations it is a problem of the lack of knowledge of assets, appropriate configurations and impact assessments. Asset and configuration management has over, the last 20 years, been a troubling story and cyber attacks have benefited from … Continue reading Smart City Cyber Security Ontology
Following the recent publication of a report on ‘Smart City Cybersecurity’, produced by technology market data analysis firm ABI Research, there have been a series of supporting news articles. Many just covering the basics of the report but a few go on to push the arguments. Here are a few of the more informative. SiteArticleGovernment … Continue reading The impetus that drives cyber security
The term Capability is often used in business reports and publications to describe something particular to a person, technology or an organisation but in many cases it is often less clear as to what exactly that "capability" is, how it materialises or is managed. So for the sake of clarity and understanding i am going … Continue reading Cyber Security capability for Smart 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 … Continue reading Lessons to be learned from recent attacks to cities
It is important to be aware of and take note from Ashby's Law of Requisite Variety when addressing the problem of cyber security for a smart city. If a system is to be stable, the number of states of its control mechanism must be greater than or equal to the number of states in the … Continue reading Smart Cities, cyber security and cybernetics
Two events this year show what can happen with home security cameras. 1. An Illinois couple said a hacker spoke to their baby through one of their Nest security cameras and then later hurled obscenities at them, CBS station WBBM-TV reports. Arjun Sud told the station he was outside his 7-month-old son's room Sunday outside … Continue reading City and home smart cameras, eavesdropping, surveillance and safety
A recently published report from ABI Research highlights that the lack of investment into Smart City Cyber Security will have some serious consequences. Report from ABI ResearchPress release coverage of the report at Smart Cities World To quote from ABI Research summary: On top of strategic recommendations, this report offers three distinct smart city cybersecurity … Continue reading Smart City lack of investment in cybersecurity
Whilst the structure and services of global cities are very similar there are very different ways in which cities are governed and administrated. This post will consider three different countries and cities: London, UKParis, FranceNew York, USA The way in which cities are governed and administered will create some interesting cyber security challenges as each … Continue reading Management of Cities
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