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Smart cities and cybersecurity: Is it wise to get smarter?

Smart cities and cybersecurity: Is it wise to get smarter?

As the popularity and inevitability of smart cities expand, so too does a cybercriminal’s opportunistic attack surface. Keiron Shepherd, F5 Networks, evaluates the risks.

Special Reports

Here at SmartCitiesWorld, we produce Special Reports on a weekly basis. If you would like to contribute to any special report or opinion pieces please contact our editor Luke Antoniou on lukea@smartcitiesworld.net
How edge AI is rewriting the rules of urban technology
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How edge AI is rewriting the rules of urban technology

AI CityXchange28 May 2026
Chris Lucero of The Connective, Greater Phoenix’s regional smart city consortium, explores how a hybrid of edge and cloud computing is transforming smart cities.

Latest City Profile

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Sunderland

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Sunderland

Smart Cities Reports
Find out how Sunderland is repositioning itself as a leading smart city – using digital infrastructure and low-carbon innovation to build a resilient, future-focused economy in the latest SmartCitiesWorld City Profile.

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Trend Report: The impact of AI and data on transportation operations and services

Trend Report: The impact of AI and data on transportation operations and services

Trend Series
Delve into how cities are addressing the challenges of building intelligent transport systems and using AI and data to transform operations and user experience.

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Panel Discussion (30 Jun): Unlocking value in cities from buildings, data and AI

Panel Discussion (30 Jun): Unlocking value in cities from buildings, data and AI

Webinars
Explore how AI, building data and connected urban infrastructure can help cities improve sustainability, resilience and operational performance.

Latest Summit Speakers
(22-26 June)

Latest Podcast

Cities Thriving on Lighting, Episode 3 – What global cities are learning from smart lighting

Cities Thriving on Lighting, Episode 3 – What global cities are learning from smart lighting

Podcasts
Join the final episode of Cities Thriving on Lighting to discover how global cities are approaching smart lighting and the related cybersecurity risks today.

Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 32 – Flood and energy resilience in Quezon City

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 32 – Flood and energy resilience in Quezon City

Urban Exchange Podcast
Tune in for the latest Urban Exchange where we get a first-hand account of city resilience measures from Quezon City following unexpected extreme rainfall.
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Bridging the data gap in urban climate design
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Bridging the data gap in urban climate design

AI CityXchange14 Apr 2026
Oana Taut, co-founder and CPO of infrared.city, explains how AI, data and simulation are helping cities move beyond long-term climate ambitions towards immediate, measurable action.
Building AI-ready cities: from pilots to public trust 
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Building AI-ready cities: from pilots to public trust 

Special Reports12 Feb 2026
From data foundations and ethical guardrails to workforce skills and citizen trust, the challenge is no longer whether to use AI in cities – but how to embed it in ways that are practical, human-centred, and built to last.
How San José is setting an AI benchmark for other cities
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How San José is setting an AI benchmark for other cities

Special Reports12 Nov 2025
Mayor Matt Mahan explains how the city is responsibly deploying AI and leading the discussion on how cities can use it to improve civic engagement, public safety, transportation, and service delivery.
How data, evidence and collaboration power innovation in Phoenix
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How data, evidence and collaboration power innovation in Phoenix

Analytics11 Sep 2024
Michael Hammett, director of the Office of Innovation in the City of Phoenix, explains how the strategic use of data and evidence, along with a series of hackathons, is helping the city overcome every day challenges.
VIDEO: Smart cities – where does the money flow?
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VIDEO: Smart cities – where does the money flow?

Special Reports05 Sep 2019
SmartCitiesWorld talks to Phil Skipper, Vodafone, about the role of mobile operators in smart cities.
Smart cities are futuristic but they must also learn from the past
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Smart cities are futuristic but they must also learn from the past

Special Reports19 Nov 2018
Mike Barlow and Cornelia Lévy-Bencheton look at what smart cities must learn from the past if they are to deliver their promise.
Smart sewers: Smart cities "start eight feet below the ground"
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Smart sewers: Smart cities "start eight feet below the ground"

Special Reports09 Oct 2018
Kansas City’s smart sewers could save over $1 billion.
Sustainability: Cities and technology vendors must lead by example
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Sustainability: Cities and technology vendors must lead by example

Special Reports04 Jul 2018
Delta Electronics’ M.S. Huang urges cities and technology vendors to practise what they preach for a more sustainable future.

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What is ‘Smart City’ and why do we need them?

Smart city is the framework based on Information and Communication technologies that enable the development of sustainable practices to address the urbanisation challenges. Leveraging the technology is one of the foremost pillars of ‘smart cities’ in order to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of resident’s life and the city’s services.

Solar city goes live

Trina Solar’s PV modules have begun operations in the 10MW Sustainable City in Dubai, which aims to use only clean energy sources

ST Engineering to provide smart city platform for Lusail City

The company will build and operate a smart city platform with citywide network connectivity for the Qatar city using advanced AI and data-driven technologies.

Never fear, Watson is here!

Currently, the average data breach takes organisations an average of 201 days to identify and an average of 70 days to contain

Swedish city on path to smart

Energy company Mälarenergi is working with ABB to develop smart city solutions for the city of Västerås

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