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By Alan Seow, Cyber Security Practitioner The banking sector in Singapore (known of its Smart Nation vision) has been making headway in digital transformation with the granting of digital bank licenses. The 5G connectivity coupled with the adult population’s reliance on online banking as their only means for banking transactions has been increasing and it is not surprise to see … Read More

By Cesar Cerrudo, CTO, IOActive This article was originally published in Forbes.com Three years ago, I published a whitepaper titled, “An Emerging US (and World) Threat: Cities Wide Open to Cyber Attacks.” It turns out that some of the cyberattacks and threats I described came to fruition, and this just seems to be the tip of the iceberg. Soon, everyone … Read More

Down the memory lane, time has passed so swiftly that I did not realize it is my 5th year in SSC and this is my 5th article. Over the years, SSC has also contributed various papers that come with immersive benefits for cities/Olympic cities looking to adopt a Secure Smart City model. My kudos to all the great SSC authors … Read More

A nation venturing into Smart City, without doubt, local or federal government plays a big part. For instance, I have come across a local government, switching part of its infocomm development authority that used to come under the purview of Communications and Information Ministry to the Prime Minister Office (PMO) as its technology agency. The PMO existing Smart Nation Programme … Read More

AlAN SEOW CYBER SECURITY PRACTITIONER // Time flies and I am into my 3rd year with SSC. For this article, I would like to share my insights of a city transition to SMART Nation. A City transiting to a Smart Nation – apart from the infrastructure investment, technological solutions, implementations and applicable training cost, government of federal, state, provincial or … Read More

Securing Smart Cities together with the Cloud Security Alliance today released the Establishing a Safe and Secure Municipal Drone Program report. The new 28-page report, co-authored by the CSA Internet of Things (IoT) Working Group, provides guidance for the safe and secure creation and operation of a municipal drone program by analyzing the drone’s role and impact on future metropolitan areas. … Read More

This August some of Securing Smart Cities supporters presented at Defcon. In their talks they have covered several important topics related to smart cities. We thought it would be too irresponsible to limit the audience of those talks to only those who actually attended them during the con. So, today we are releasing two new papers based on the content … Read More

Securing Smart Cities, a not-for-profit global initiative that aims to solve the existing and future cybersecurity problems of smart cities, unites tens of security experts and activists around the world, and many of them will head to Las Vegas in order to share their expertise. August 3rd, Mandalay Bay, Four Seasons, Suite 35336 on the 35th floor, North Wing Securing … Read More