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Reflecting on the year that has just passed is a time-honored tradition. And for those of us involved in smart cities that reflection provides an opportunity to evaluate the events and trends that could influence the decisions we make as we move...
Article - 12/31/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Shelter, Transportation, Connectivity, Security and privacy
Scroll down for quick news takes and developments involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Continental collaborates on autonomous vehicle R&D in SingaporeCouncil Global Lead Partner Continental will collaborate with Singapore-based AV company...
Article - 11/16/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy, Citizen engagement, Security and privacy
Enterprise networks are getting bigger, and more complex as they grow. The responses to a survey of IT and telecommunications leaders conducted by Council Global Lead Partner Cisco yielded some very serious concerns — and hope that a solution would...
Article - 09/28/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Security and privacy
Scroll down for quick news takes and developments involving Smart Cities Council Partners.Continental signs on to develop connected EVs in ChinaCouncil Global Lead Partner Continental will work with China's Didi Chuxing to develop connected electric...
Article - 07/12/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Public safety and security, Transportation, Water and wastewater, Connectivity, Security and privacy
The toll continues to rise in the aftermath of a ransomware attack on Atlanta’s computer systems. Since March, the city has asked for nearly $15 million to restore its corrupted systems. More than a third of the programs it uses were thrown offline...
Article - 06/14/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Security and privacy
You don’t need to worry about security, your suppliers will take care of you, right? Maybe not. Just ask cities like San Francisco that bought traffic signals that could easily be controlled by hackers.Your city’s cybersecurity is ultimately your...
Article - 07/28/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Data management, Security and privacy
Your data is valuable. That’s why hackers want it. And they’re getting more successful at stealing it and vandalizing it.So what can you do? Understand there is no single magical solution. There are actually three elements of any effective...
Article - 07/27/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Data management, Security and privacy
When you think of ransomware, you may think of news stories about how people’s personal photos have been scrambled by viruses and can only be recovered by paying a large fee. But as you’ll read below, cities are being hit with these costly viruses...
Article - 07/27/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Data management, Security and privacy
It's not surprising that cybersecurity spending will increase dramatically as the transportation industry becomes more connected. Our cars are getting more intelligent and autonomous and railways and other forms of transportation are becoming more...
Article - 07/27/2017
Active Region(s): North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Transportation, Connectivity, Security and privacy
Cities and military bases have a lot in common, so much so that bases can in many ways be considered small cities. So it seemed like a good fit for Council Global Lead Partner AT&T when it approached Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama...
Article - 07/13/2017
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Connectivity, Security and privacy
When developing and executing your smart cities plans, are you paying attention to interoperability? Data security? Those have always been best practices, but this year, the consequences for failing to follow them could grow more severe.Council...
Article - 01/05/2017
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Telecommunications, Computing resources, Policy and leadership, Security and privacy
Security experts have been warning us about for years: increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks are coming — and more of them. A recent study and last month's denial of service attack that shut down several high-profile websites underscore how...
Article - 11/03/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Telecommunications, Connectivity, Security and privacy
By Avinash S. Patwardhan and Ken Thompson, CH2MThe Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a technology trend well underway in machine-to-machine communication that is poised to radically change the business environment. It is estimated, by 2020,...
Article - 06/24/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Water and wastewater, Analytics, Security and privacy
By Kathryn Willson, Director, Microsoft CityNextOften we hear about the “public trust.” While its common-law roots refer to the air, rivers, and lands commons to be shared by all citizens, the term today also connotes an attribute of the...
Article - 06/24/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Data management, Security and privacy
When we think about physical security for critically important infrastructure, we're typically thinking about things like electric grids, bridges and roads. But deepwater seaports, particularly those dedicated to cargo only, are vulnerable too. The...
Article - 05/18/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Transportation, Security and privacy
As the world becomes more dependent on connectivity and the Internet of Things (millions of web-connected devices, sensors, automated systems, even smart appliances), the menu of targets for cybercriminals grows. But strategies and technologies to...
Article - 05/11/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Analytics, Security and privacy
By Sergio Ortega Cruz, Worldwide Industry Solution Manager, Public Safety and National Security at MicrosoftFormer US Secretary of State Dean Rusk once said that “If you protect your paper clips and diamonds with equal vigor, you’ll soon have more...
Article - 04/27/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Data management, Security and privacy
By Jennifer Robinson, SASAs local governments across the country continue to recover from the recession, many city and county leaders are weighing the options of raising revenue or cutting services. But, now is a good time to look at a third...
Article - 04/14/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Security and privacy
Contributed by Future of Privacy Forum Is your Smart TV listening to your conversations? Are your children’s toys spying on your family? These types of questions are increasingly raised as the next generation of internet-connected devices enter the...
Article - 04/14/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Security and privacy
If you were told that someone could hack into your traffic control system, bringing absolute gridlock to your downtown, would you do anything about it? What if they showed you that a hacker could easily do that with only a few hundred dollars of...
Article - 04/14/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Security and privacy
Connectivity and advanced technologies are essential for smart cities, but they also bring with them the risk of vulnerability to disruptive cyber attacks. And for budget-strapped cities that can't afford the investment in IT staff with...
Article - 01/20/2016
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: 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
Smart cities are designed to be safe places to live, and many things contribute to public safety, from improved street lighting to enhanced police and fire protection, and much more. Unfortunately, the connectivity and intelligent technologies that...
Article - 11/30/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Responsibility areas, Security and privacy, Policy frameworks and tools
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
Scroll down for short takes from Council partners…Ooredoo ISP license supports growth of Maldivian economy Council Lead Partner Ooredoo continues to enhance its data market leadership across its global footprint, with its Ooredoo Maldives operation...
Article - 08/26/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Telecommunications, Analytics, Connectivity, Security and privacy
It’s a hacker’s world. Hackers are getting more innovative while many IT departments are falling behind, according to a new study. But the news isn’t all grim. The same report finds that education and available technology could allow lagging...
Article - 08/07/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Data management, Security and privacy
In the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City in Tianjin, China, Itron deployed one network that runs three meters -- water, electricity and gas.While India's goal of 100 smart cities typically comes to mind first when one thinks of Asian smart city...
Article - 07/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Water and wastewater, Security and privacy
Are you tired of hearing all the warnings about security? Well, there’s something you can do about it. Four things to be exact.Despite the threats, many cities are not taking action -- even when they’re aware of a threat. And the threat is real....
Article - 07/10/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Connectivity, Data management, Security and privacy
About 70,000 body cameras are worn by police officers across the US -- a number that could soon double with a White House plan to expand their usage. But that may represent only the tip of the iceberg as a growing number of cities worldwide are...
Article - 06/30/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Data management, 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
For nearly 25 years, Somalia’s economy has been virtually cut off from the rest of the world. A civil war caused its financial system to collapse and concerns about fraud have stood in the way of rebuilding it. But Council Lead Partner MasterCard is...
Article - 06/24/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Economic development, Health and human services, Payments, Computing resources, 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
A Worldcrunch report on the China Hi-Tech Fair held recently in Shenzen suggests there's been a shift – or rebalancing – in how China is managing the growth of its cities. It notes that foreign giants including Council Partners IBM, Microsoft, Cisco...
Article - 12/17/2014
Active Region(s): Main, China, North America
Category: Economic development, Telecommunications, Computing resources, 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
Council Partners are involved in ambitious efforts to train the young people who will be engineering and securing tomorrow's smart cities. Scroll down to read about initiatives by Bechtel, UST Global and Schneider Electric.Bechtel launches...
Article - 07/16/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Security and privacy
Scroll down for the latest short takes from Council members…S&C Electric wins $11 million Devens, Mass. solar project: Council Lead Partner S&C Electric, a global leader in renewable energy integration, will design and build a 3.6 MW solar...
Article - 07/09/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Energy, Computing resources, Connectivity, Security and privacy
In the Smart Cities Readiness Guide, we encourage cities to consider cloud computing and the advantages it offers to governments large and small. One of those advantages, of course, is cost savings. As you'll read in this story, there are multiple...
Article - 07/02/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Connectivity, 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
When electric utilities started implementing smart meters, the public backlash was swift and vehement in many parts of the world. And to this day health and privacy concerns continue to fuel the debate over smart meters.So what other smart...
Article - 04/23/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Transportation, Computing resources, Connectivity, Security and privacy
Cities and other public sector agencies are grappling with what to do about the Heartbleed bug. Heartbleed generated considerable hoopla and headlines in the past week. The bug compromises the online encryption software OpenSLL, which is installed...
Article - 04/16/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Connectivity, Security and privacy
Data collection is a fundamental piece of the smart cities equation. Smart traffic sensors provide data that help cities improve transportation flow. Sensors on trash bins alert crews that it's time for a pick-up. Smart water meters communicate data...
Article - 04/09/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Citizen engagement, Data management, Security and privacy
These two related techniques from Government Technology Magazine are not earthshaking in any way. But they do illustrate three important but often overlooked aspects of the smart cities movement.The first is the idea of employee productivity. With...
Article - 09/19/2013
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Computing resources, Policy and leadership, 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
Getting video surveillance protection for critical infrastructure or often unattended facilities can be daunting, in terms of equipment, personnel costs and data storage. Intelligent Video surveillance-as-a-service from Verizon for infrastructure...
Resources - 11/20/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Security and privacy
At the May 2013 World Economic Forum on Africa, the Nigerian National Identity Management Commission and Council Lead Partner MasterCard announced the planned issuance of 13 million National Identity Smart Cards as a pilot program. The case study...
Resources - 04/19/2015
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Payments, Connectivity, Security and privacy, Examples and case studies
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
This video customer experience montage is hosted by Oracle Vice President of Customer Experience Strategy, Brian Curran, and features executives from City of Atlanta 311, Land O' Lakes and New York Stock Exchange. Oracle is a Council Associate...
Resources - 07/25/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Computing resources, Connectivity, Security and privacy
In this short video, Laurent Schmitt of Alstom Grid, a Council Global Partner, explains how big data and security are paramount to Alstom's business and future objectives for smart grid systems. He also discusses how Alstom's collaboration with...
Resources - 05/28/2014
Active Region(s): Main, Europe, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Energy, Security and privacy
New Zealand's Ashburton District Council wanted a modern, mobile computing platform for employees who provide frontline services. Before it deployed smartphones to mobile workers, the council subscribed to the Windows Intune PC and device management...
Resources - 03/24/2014
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Readiness Guide Online
Category: Computing resources, Data management, Security and privacy, Examples and case studies