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Authors:
Felipe Ferraz
Carlos Sampaio
Carlos Ferraz
Keywords: security; smart city; architecture; identification
Abstract:
Concepts and solutions related to smart cities have been the focus of related studies and improvements for several years. Part of the motivation to the growing body of research in this field comes from the eminent need for solutions to address the present situation of urban environments. For the first time in human history, more than 50% of the population now live in big cities and not in the countryside. In this matter, computer networks and systems have an important role towards the construction of solutions that enable cities and citizens to maintain a continuous and agile use of those environments. At the same time that new solutions come forth offering readily available, integrated, and reliable information to citizens, new challenges related to information security arise. In this context, this paper explores a set of information security issues in the environment of a smart city and proposes a new approach (City Security Layer) based on the use of different and unique identifiers for each entity (citizen or sensor) involved in the relations of a city to its systems.
Pages: 108 to 114
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015
Publication date: April 19, 2015
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2519-8394
ISBN: 978-1-61208-449-7
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Dates: from April 19, 2015 to April 24, 2015