Cybersecurity Challenges in Smart Cities: An Overview and Future Prospects

Abstract

Today, most governments in the world are considering establishing smart cities that work through the use of the latest technological means. Where smart cities are considered economically, socially and environmentally sustainable cities as they have the ability to develop sustainable development, increase the quality of life of citizens, increase the efficiency of available resources and active citizen participation with confidence and quickly. Nations are looking forward to creating a more profitable future for them by employing a set of main things, which are the economy, citizens, government, mobility, environment, and health. Smart cities are one of the main pillars that promote economic development in these nations. Smart cities have appeared in Japan, the UAE and Germany, where these cities constitute an excellent future environment in which they can live and are more suitable than ordinary cities. In this report, the most critical challenges that cybersecurity faces in preserving smart cities from hacking operations will be reviewed in general. This report concluded that there is a relationship between cybersecurity and smart cities, as such cities cannot be established without providing an appropriate electronic and physical security environment to protect these cities from attack and penetration by unauthorised or unknown individuals.