Cybersecurity
Smart Cities Need to Spend More on Security Tech, Study Suggests
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The world’s largest cities need to invest billions of additional dollars into their infrastructure in order to secure citizen data, new research suggests.
Of the roughly $135 billion expected to be spent globally on cybersecurity for critical city infrastructure in 2024, 44% will be split across data protection provisions for energy, health care, public security, transport, water and waste industries, analyst group ABI Research concluded in a study published Tuesday.