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Article - 07/12/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Security and privacy
I hope every mayor, city manager and police chief will take note of the lessons learned from the Baltimore body cam experiment described below. First lesson -- after some initial reluctance, officers quickly come to prefer body cams. Officer...
Article - 01/05/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Policy and leadership, Security and privacy
As building management systems get smarter, in some respects they also become more vulnerable. And while much of the discussion around cybersecurity today is about threats from the outside world, experts at Council Lead Partner Schneider Electric ...
Article - 10/23/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Built environment, Public safety and security, Security and privacy
Security breaches are growing more common and more threatening. A recent breach of U.S. government systems may have put the personal information of every federal employee -- past and present -- in the hands of hackers. Despite the risks, many cities...
Article - 06/26/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Data management, Security and privacy
Body cameras may be one of the hottest trends in policing right now. After a number of cases of police killing unarmed suspects — and violent protests in the wake of the incidents — even the U.S. government is now talking about ways to get more...
Article - 05/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity, Security and privacy
"It’s not just a scenario of a bored teenager, deciding to show off to his or her girlfriend. In many cases, these are organized gangs of thieves," said Caleb Barlow, IBM’s VP for mobile management and security, while describing the new face of...
Article - 04/22/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Analytics, Computing resources, Connectivity, Security and privacy
Quick -- what's your city's biggest single cyber vulnerability? If you answered "all those new smart meters and smart sensors," then you put your finger on an important issue. But there's something even more at risk -- namely, your legacy...
Article - 03/11/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Public safety and security, Security and privacy
A recent survey revealed only about a third of all cities have a robust, citywide cybersecurity policy. Another third (roughly) have policies on a department-by-department basis. And another third no policies at all.No cybersecurity policies...
Article - 01/21/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Security and privacy
Each year $3.7 trillion is lost to fraud globally. "We can solve that," says Bill Maheu, Senior Director for Qualcomm Government Technologies.How many stories have you read about hospital patients being misidentified and given the wrong medication?...
Article - 12/19/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Connectivity, Security and privacy
Dissecting ISO 37120: How safe is your city? (Hint: run the numbers on homicides and response times)
By George Karayannis, LEED APWe continue our series on the new ISO 37120 Smart City standard with a look at the 10th of 17 themes defined in the standard -- safety indicators. As previously described, ISO 37120 includes 46 ‘Core’ (must report) and...
Article - 09/10/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Security and privacy
A short survey by the Public Technology Institute (PYI) asked public safety and IT officials from local governments large and small to rank 16 public safety technology topics according to their internal priorities."Just keeping up" with technology...
Article - 04/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Computing resources, Connectivity, Security and privacy
Here at the Smart Cities Council, we recommend that cities implement a citywide privacy program. The example below explains why. This UK city was just fined roughly $150,000 when a social services employee accidentally published sensitive...
Article - 09/04/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Data management, Policy and leadership, Security and privacy
What's the fastest growing part of the smart cities market? Reports about the growth of the smart cities market, it might seem, since virtually every market research firm has jumped in to begin reporting on the sector. The latest comes from GBI...
Article - 05/05/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Public safety and security, Security and privacy, Research, publications and web sites
Cybersecurity is an issue that can't be ignored at any level of government. To help cities prioritize risks and assign roles and responsibilities for key aspects of cybersecurity within their infrastructures, Council Lead Partner Microsoft just...
Resources - 10/21/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Security and privacy, Policy frameworks and tools
We see it over and over again with each technology wave. The advent of personal computers (PCs) created an urgent need for PC management software. The growth of computer networking led to a need for network management software. And now the onslaught...
Resources - 05/31/2013
Active Region(s): Main, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Public safety and security, Connectivity, Instrumentation and control, Security and privacy, Examples and case studies