70% of the world’s population is expected to live in urban centers by 2050. Security in smart cities is by no means a given, and it’s time we address this now. The potential human toll that comes from disruption of city services, loss of sensitive personal information is too great to risk deploying smart-city technology without commensurate protection of systems and data across the board. The attack surface in municipalities is on the verge of growing exponentially as more Internet of Things (IoT) devices are deployed.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/smart-cities-secure-by-design-it-takes-a-village