As Smart Cities Expand, So Do the Threats

This report analyzes cybersecurity risks in smart cities, explaining how interconnecting IT, OT, IoT, and automation expands the attack surface and creates cascading impacts; it highlights three core risk drivers (convergence, interoperability, integration), calls out vulnerable systems such as emergency alerts, street surveillance, and smart traffic signals, underscores persistent device-level security and standardization gaps that hinder agent-based protections, and urges holistic security programs and improved cyber hygiene for municipalities amid increasing ransomware exposure and tighter cyber insurance requirements.