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Challenges and Opportunities in Secure Smart Cities for Enhancing the Security and Privacy

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Enabling Technologies for Effective Planning and Management in Sustainable Smart Cities

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Internet of Things is providing concept of connectivity with internet as well as interconnectivity between devices which has laid foundation for the smart cities. Smart cities have provided substantial enhancement in quality of life while considering environment impact also by giving smart information to people regarding healthcare, transportation, smart parking, smart traffic structure, smart home, smart agronomy, community security etc. In smart cities data is sensed by the sensor devices and provided to end users for further use. The sensitive data is transferred to and fro with the help of internet creating numerous chances for attackers to breach the data and invade the privacy and security of people. So, it’s important to recognize the attacks, privacy and security concerns and there countermeasures while implementing the devices in smart cities. A number of research effort has been carried out on this aspect and several efforts have been made to assure the security and privacy of sensed sensitive data. The chapter focuses mainly on privacy and security tangled in the smart cities. This chapter highlights about smart cities, what make them smart and how, challenges in making cities smart, the numerous kinds of attacks and threats in smart city, the current resolutions working to make smart cities more secure and opportunities for improvement in smart cities.

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  1. Dev Bhoomi Uttarakhand University, Dehradun, India

    Sameeka Saini

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  3. University of Engineering & Technology, Roorkee, India

    Gesu Thakur

  4. Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun, India

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Saini, S., Chauhan, A., Thakur, G., Sapra, L. (2023). Challenges and Opportunities in Secure Smart Cities for Enhancing the Security and Privacy. In: Ahad, M.A., Casalino, G., Bhushan, B. (eds) Enabling Technologies for Effective Planning and Management in Sustainable Smart Cities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22922-0_1

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