Smart City Trends & Cybersecurity By David Neuman, Will Granados, Marie McDowell, Lucy Morrison, Lindsey Roseberry, Yonas Habbtemichael
Barcelona ● Urban transformation dates back to 1980s ● Spain’s 2nd largest metropolis ● Success story in european urban development ● Smart-city development necessary to repair deficiencies ● Maintained standing among European cities despite ‘08 financial crisis ● Among most business-friendly European cities ● Industrial foundation/entrepreneurial structure → knowledge-intensive economy ● Integrated infrastructure through sensor technology
Barcelona (cont’d) ● 4 Initiative Model: ○ Smart governance (open data) ○ Smart economy (Innovation clusters) ○ Smart Living (New technology) ○ Smart people (City hall digital literacy) ● 3 pillars: ○ Ubiquitous infrastructures ○ Information ○ Human Capital
Implications of Sensor Tech Government Technology
Singapore An Asian Equatorial City-state with Great Ambitions ● not a natural country - lacks most of the basic resources: no energy deposits, no forests, no farms, for years it had to import drinking water ● extremely centralized and famously authoritarian government - the citizens are not used to question the decisions made by their leaders ● Singapore became the banking and corporate hub of Asia as well as of the largest world corporations
● Goal as a smart nation: ○ to make a stronger country by creating more opportunities, better standards of living, and a sense of security ○ to make smart solutions for everything including: ■ transportation ■ living situations ■ daily tasks and transactions
Singapore Security Risks - approximately 65% of CEOs in Singapore are worried about security risks for their companies - cloud technology used for companies can be easily hacked by anyone who is familiar with the system - a worker’s personal information could be taken by his/her company from the cloud and be used against him/her - does a company have the right to do this to its employees? - traffic controlled by sensors can be hacked to cause congestion and chaos - “For example, in 2013, the traffic management system for a main artery in the port city of Haifa (Israel), was hacked, causing major traffic problems that lasted for several hours …” http://www.maynoothuniversity.ie
Singapore Security Goals - Announcing the three-year Infocomm Security Masterplan today, Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tony Tan said, "We cannot afford to treat the threats from cyber terrorists, cyber criminals and irresponsible hackers lightly." - The six critical areas of the framework form the six strategies of the Infocomm Security Masterplan: a. Securing the People Sector b. Securing the Private Sector c. Securing the Public Sector d. Developing National Capability e. Cultivating Technology and R&D f. Securing National Infrastructure - One key concern is the lack of experienced professionals in infocomm security (https://www.ida.gov.sg)
Smart London Initiative ● The goal of the smart London plan is to make the city more innovative in various aspects of city development ● “Open data is the new infrastructure” ● London is working with Bologna, Genoa, and Barcelona as part of the iCity Programme which has a budget of € 5.2million ○ The city has an estimated 20 million sensors, thus creating efforts to release the data to the public and allowing developers to find ways to utilize it better ■ ex. CityMapper App ■ Can hurt sense of security in an area ● “Londoners at the core” ○ Discovering new initiatives that utilize technology in helping the public create policies ○ Hosting hackathons that use the public and businesses to solve technology issues
Smart London Initiative Utilizing talent that already exists in London The London Green Fund can serve as an accelerator to startups and businesses which aim to make a difference for the London economy Export solutions to other countries in Europe and help British and European economies thrive 200,000 New Tech Jobs by 2020 How can london use it’s talent to create a safer city? Over 150 tube stations had wi-fi by 2014 Can help in emergencies 1 millions pounds were put into providing wi-fi in public spaces such as libraries and
Cybersecurity ● “Cities around the world are becoming increasingly smart, which creates huge attack surfaces for potential cyber attacks.” - Cerrudo, 2015 ● Security threats of having “Open Data”- ○ Systems and technologies vulnerable to hacking in Smart Cities include: Traffic control systems, sensors, public data, cameras and much more. ○ Often there is little cyber security testing done ● Cesar Cerrudo demonstrates how 200,000 traffic control sensors are vulnerable to security hacks.
Ways to Reduce Hacking Risks ● Checking for proper encryptions, authentication, and make sure it can be easily updated ● Monitoring all system and network traffic ● Fix security issues as soon as they are discovered ● Implement procedures in case of a cyber attack and manual overrides on all system services. ● Regularly run tests on all city systems and networks ● Prepare for the worst by creating threat model for everything ● Educating and training citizens/users of the smart technologies
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