The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published new guidance on securing smart city infrastructure to help local authorities and the security community build awareness and understanding of what needs to happen to keep connected places safe and secure.
The code contains a core set of cyber principles to help risk owners, CISOs, cyber architects and engineers, and other operational personnel make their smart city projects and systems both easier to manage and resilient to cyber attack.
Such systems could include traffic lights, CCTV, waste management, street lighting, parking, public transport, health and social care, and emergency services.
“The systems that these functions and services rely on will be moving, processing and storing sensitive data, as well as controlling critical operational technology,” said the NCSC.
“Unfortunately, this makes these systems an attractive target for a range of threat actors. A connected place will be an evolving ecosystem, comprising a range of systems that exchange data, which will only add further risks.
“If connected systems are compromised, the consequences could impact the local citizens. Impacts could range…
