The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), which is part of the UK’s GCHQ intelligence agency, has published recommendations on how to secure smart cities.
The Connected Places: Cyber Security Principles report says that while technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, CCTV and smart traffic lights offer benefits to citizens and cities, they are also targets for cyber-attacks due to the critical functions they provide and sensitive data they process.
Read more: UK security agency issues guidance on smart city cyber risks
The proposed Cognitive Analytics Research Laboratory at Magee could put Derry in the vanguard of big data and AI, according to computing and machine learning expert, Professor Liam Maguire.
The Executive Dean of the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment at Ulster University, is one of those leading the £20m CARL project which is a central plank of Derry’s City Deal.
City of London Corporation has begun to use internet of things (IoT) sensors on with a software platform originally deployed to manage its LED streetlights.
The authority has installed traffic and air quality sensors as part of an experimental emissions free zone in Beech Street and around Bank Junction, and placed some with lifebelts beside the River Thames.
The digital future in one area of Lancashire is about to be transformed with a £30million full fibre roll-out.
Nearly every home and business in Preston will gain access to next-generation broadband, including 5G mobile services, thanks to a major investment by CityFibre as part of its plans to upgrade the nation’s legacy networks with gigabit-capable full fibre connectivity.
Work has begun to make Bradford home to full-fibre broadband across every home and business.
The £75m private investment from CityFibre is predicted by analysts to improve productivity and raise the value of homes.
Construction work has officially commenced in East Bowling, with the rest of the city set to follow over the next four years. Network Plus is delivering the construction programme on CityFibre’s behalf.