{"id":10064,"date":"2021-02-03T08:40:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T08:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citysecuritymagazine.com\/?p=10064"},"modified":"2021-02-03T14:05:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T14:05:19","slug":"smart-city-integrating-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citysecuritymagazine.com\/security-technology\/smart-city-integrating-services\/","title":{"rendered":"The Smart city: time to integrate key services"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s time we integrated key services to achieve the smart city reality<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Smart cities are within touching distance, but only if deployed intelligently. How can the panacea of smart cities be achieved?<\/em><\/p>\n

Since the start of the pandemic, this country has been in stasis. Unsure of what will happen next, many have been paralysed by indecision \u2013 both in terms of how to progress their business in one of the most turbulent economic periods in modern history, and how to keep their workforce safe yet active.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no doubt our march towards a connected society has stumbled slightly. We\u2019re more connected than ever thanks to home technology and mobiles; but in terms of services and IoT state provision, it\u2019s taken a back seat. That\u2019s not to say we won\u2019t achieve the status one day \u2013 it will come, but in my view, certain key elements need addressing before we get there. So, what is required?<\/p>\n

Many organisations promote a top-down approach to creating a smart city but in reality, we find the bottom-up approach is more successful. Starting with the specific challenges that city wishes to solve and only then bringing everything together into a cohesive unit by leveraging data in a sophisticated manner. Then, if something does go wrong or an incident occurs,<\/p>\n

it is better able to combat these threats and recover more quickly. It creates a response that is more resilient than a siloed city with separate divisions between software which act independently instead of cohesively.<\/p>\n

Smart cities are within touching distance, but only if deployed intelligently and with a full appraisal of the threats posed. Not only do we need to address silos in some areas, we actually need them in others \u2013 or at the very least need a serious conversation about looming threats to national security that must be dealt with before we open up our economic and physical prosperity to hostile state-sponsored hacking. Smart cities can bring prosperity, but with greater connectivity comes greater risks \u2013 here are our thoughts on how the panacea of smart cities can be achieved.<\/p>\n

We need to talk about state-sponsored threats<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ongoing tensions between China and liberal democracies show no signs of going away, and could get a whole lot worse. We\u2019ve seen the national security concerns around Huawei and its consequent removal, and since the US\u00a0\u00a0 blacklisting of several Chinese companies, their\u00a0spend seems to have flocked to the European market. It\u2019s been flooded with sophisticated technology at rock bottom prices which others can\u2019t match while remaining commercially viable. For those willing to sell below the true cost of their hardware it begs the question, what is the motive if it isn\u2019t profit? And is public data part of the sale?<\/p>\n

Cash-strapped public entities are having to make tough choices so it\u2019s no surprise that low-cost, high-spec solutions prove attractive. Yet, further questions have to be asked, and satisfactorily answered, before significant values of public data are potentially exposed to companies with questionable ownership or motives. Now, imagine the risk if one of those departments were to be hacked, yet the connectivity of smart cities led to the back door of emergency services, financial services or to the heart of government? While we tend to think about smart cities being mainly around convenience and innovation, the associated new threats can\u2019t be ignored.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s crime landscape is very different to what it was ten or twenty years ago \u2013 it now encompasses a wider scope, with criminals operating on an increasingly sophisticated scale. Plus, with the advent of armchair criminals, hacking their way to seize valuable data, forces now fight wars on a physical and virtual front.<\/p>\n

Smart cities actually present an opportunity for law enforcement to create a fluid and co-operative ecosystem \u2013 no longer dictated by county or inter-city departmental boundaries. By enabling the open sharing of data across jurisdictions, both public and private, it is possible to better serve the needs of the community as a whole. For example, in Detroit a 50% reduction in crime was achieved through a collaboration that allowed private petrol stations to share real-time surveillance footage with law enforcement. It has the benefit of enabling more police to be where they\u2019re needed, instead of pulled in all directions attending crime scenes which could, in theory, have been prevented thanks to enhanced data sharing.<\/p>\n

Traffic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Movement is a key piece in the smart city jigsaw, and you only have to look at how people travel has changed over the past five years, with mobility as a service (MaaS) taking off and moving us towards a more digital approach. With the ever-increasing number of vehicles on the road, it\u2019s important for those trying to enforce the rules \u2013 transport authorities and law enforcement in the most serious cases \u2013 to work together to spot incidents worthy of response. Automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) and safety cameras feeding into VMS systems will be key to this, helping to flag alerts in real-time.<\/p>\n

For smart cities to become a reality, we need to ask ourselves some hard questions and then find ways to implement the requirements safely and sophisticatedly. We need to change our attitudes and behaviours to form a new, more informed ecosystem.<\/p>\n

The technology is out there and ready to use, it\u2019s just about bringing it all together, and adapting it to local needs. We should be moving to a system where computers do the heavy lifting, with humans there to make decisions, to help drive an efficient outcome.<\/p>\n

Paul Dodds<\/p>\n

Country Manager, UK&I<\/p>\n

Genetec<\/p>\n

www.genetec.com<\/a><\/p>\n

See other articles on this topic in our Security Technology category<\/a> including Smart City Security<\/a>\u00a0and The Smart City and Physical Security<\/a><\/p>\n

You can see previous articles Genetec in our Genetec Company Directory<\/a><\/p>\n

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