ITECH 5500: Exploring IoT Application in Smart Cities - Security

This literature review examines the application of the Internet of Things (IoT) in smart cities, focusing on the associated security and privacy issues. It addresses research questions related to privacy concerns, traffic control systems, and system components within smart city solutions. The synthesis matrix highlights key ideas from various sources, including data confidentiality, risks to citizen data, and the impact of cybercrime. The review concludes that mitigating security and privacy risks is crucial, emphasizing the need for awareness and advanced technologies to protect data in smart cities. Desklib provides access to similar solved assignments and past papers for students.

Running head: APPLICATION OF IOT IN SMART CITIES
APPLICATION
OF
IoT IN SMART CITIES
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note:

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A. Research Proposal
Title-
Security and privacy issues in smart cities
Proposal-
The primary objective behind this research paper is to discuss about the issues related
to the security in smart cities. In the smart cities there is a significant application of IoT in
order to enhance the daily activities of people. The application of IoT has been implemented
by enabling the network protocols among the cities as well as by integrating technologies
with traditional work process.
Research question
What is the privacy issues associated to virtual reality in the smart cities?
What are the traffic control systems used in smart cities?
What are the different system components used in the smart city solution?
Solution
However, IoT has improved the working process of cities there is a significance of
security and privacy issues in the smart cities which is highly impactful to the privacy
concern of the citizens.
Conclusion
Hence, it can be concluded that there is a significant necessity of mitigating the
security and privacy issues of the smart cities by enabling effective technologies to protect
the data. Followed by this concern it has been also noticed that since, smart cities consist of
information technologies there is a huge chance of cyber crimes in this filed. Thus, it is

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highly important for the citizens as well as for the developer to be aware of these aspects and
mitigate the identified limitations by emerging technologies.
B. Synthesis Matrix
Source(s) Main Idea A Main Idea B Main Idea C Main Idea D
1. The Internet
of Things and
the Smart
City: Legal
challenges with
digital
forensics,
privacy, and
security.
Data
confidentiality.
The data
interception
without any
concerned of the
authority.
Misleading of the
technologies.
Security and
privacy issues in
public transport.
2. The
(In)Security of
Smart Cities:
Vulnerabilities,
Risks,
Mitigation, and
Prevention
Citizens data are
in high risk.
Technical failure
causes a
significant
damage
Misuse of
technology
Hacking
3. Security and
Privacy in
Smart Cities:
Challenges and
Opportunities
Significant
impact of cyber-
crime.
Technical fault. Ethical concern
on data analysis.
Misuse of
information.

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Bibliography
Cui, L., Xie, G., Qu, Y., Gao, L., & Yang, Y. (2018). Security and privacy in smart cities:
Challenges and opportunities. IEEE access, 6, 46134-46145.
Kitchin, R., & Dodge, M. (2019). The (in) security of smart cities: Vulnerabilities, risks,
mitigation, and prevention. Journal of Urban Technology, 26(2), 47-65.
Losavio, M. M., Chow, K. P., Koltay, A., & James, J. (2018). The Internet of Things and the
Smart City: Legal challenges with digital forensics, privacy, and security. Security
and Privacy, 1(3), e23.