Security News > 2021 > June > Data sharing in a smart city: Choosing the right approach

"To achieve a true smart city and improve the quality of life for citizens, it should be a citywide effort. This entails sharing data for collaboration and coordination between previously disconnected people and organizations, including both public and private entities," says Jack Williams, Director of Industry & Portfolio Marketing at the Safety & Infrastructure division of Hexagon, a multinational supplier of smart cities software, sensors, and other technology.

Data governance, data ownership, and privacy concerns are the key challenges for any smart city project.

Is the data placed in a big central repository, or does it come straight from the source? What information is retained by the smart city entity, if any? What audit trail capabilities are available?

Providing adequate training to administrators of the data or entities providing data, incorporating checks and balances for data access, and eliminating single points of failure are just some examples of the steps organizations can take to address cybersecurity challenges when sharing data with others.

Sharing data with no granular controls can lead to security breaches and clog the UI with unnecessary data that is not useful to other participants in the space.

How do we keep smart cities' data safe while also preserving the functionality and collaborative benefits of what that data is to be used for?

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