The Need for Cybersecurity in Industrial Revolution and Smart Cities

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 120
• Main Authors: Clim, Antonio, Toma, Andrei, Zota, Răzvan Daniel, Constantinescu, Radu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 23-12-2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Automation; Citation indexes; Collaboration; Communication; Complexity; Computer software industry; Cybersecurity; Cyberterrorism; Data integrity; Data security; Efficiency; Industrial Revolution; industry 4.0; industry 5.0; Internet; Internet of Things; Literature reviews; Review; Safety and security measures; Smart cities; smart city; smart factory; United States; smart mobility; industry 5.0; industry 4.0; Internet of Things; cybersecurity; smart factory; smart city
• ISSN: 1424-8220; 1424-8220
• DOI: 10.3390/s23010120

Cities have grown in development and sophistication throughout human history. Smart cities are the current incarnation of this process, with increased complexity and social importance. This complexity has come to involve significant digital components and has thus come to raise the associated cybersecurity concerns. Major security relevant events can cascade into the connected systems making up a smart city, causing significant disruption of function and economic damage. The present paper aims to survey the landscape of scientific publication related to cybersecurity-related issues in relation to smart cities. Relevant papers were selected based on the number of citations and the quality of the publishing journal as a proxy indicator for scientific relevance. Cybersecurity will be shown to be reflected in the selected literature as an extremely relevant concern in the operation of smart cities. Generally, cybersecurity is implemented in actual cities through the concerted application of both mature existing technologies and emerging new approaches.