An overview on the security technological levels in the Italian Smart Cities

A Smart City is a multidimensional entity based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and intelligent (smart) use of urban infrastructures for improving the quality of life of its citizens. The management of such technologies and services for the citizens requires addressing adequately the security. The goal of this research work is to analyze existing potentially vulnerable devices in Smart Cities, in order to understand the security level of the city, and thus provide support for a secure management of the city. An analysis on 5 Italian Smart Cities was performed, each one was evaluated on different technological layers: Network and Infrastructure, Sensors, Service Delivery Platform, Application and Services. The results show that currently there are potentially vulnerable devices across different technological levels that compromise security and privacy of smart services offered to citizens. The development of a Smart City requires the implementation of security controls, in order to reduce the possibility for attackers to exploit existing vulnerabilities in the analyzed devices.