Robert J. Butler
Co-founder and Managing Director, Cyber Strategies LLC.
Cities generate over 70 percent of the world鈥檚聽gross domestic product (GDP). Most industries
and commercial entities are located in or in the
vicinity of urban areas.聽As urbanization increases,
cities鈥攅specially in underdeveloped nations鈥
will face a host of challenges.聽Information and
communications technologies (ICT) provide great
opportunities for overcoming these challenges
and improving overall economic well-being for
city dwellers and workers.聽
Efforts to utilize ICT聽in urban centers are often referred to as 鈥淪mart聽Cities鈥 initiatives. While Smart Cities rely on a聽host of different ICT, one of the most important
technological developments underlying these efforts
is the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT promises a wide
range of benefits to Smart Cities, but also carries a
number of serious cybersecurity risks. This paper
examines how IoT might be used to support Smart
Cities, explores the cybersecurity risks associated
with IoT technologies, and proposes a number of
steps that might be taken to address those risks.聽
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Irving Lachow
Principal Cyber Engineer, MITRE
