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Security by Design: Safe and Secure Smart Cities in a Volatile Cyber World

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  • Cybersecurity trends and threat landscape

  • Security challenges and solutions

  • Key considerations for governments to enhance their cybersecurity


The EY Global Information Security Survey (GISS) 2020 highlighted that 60% of organizations have faced a material or significant incident in the past 12 months, and about one-sixth of these attacks came from “hacktivists” (i.e., techenabled, political and social activists).

This showcases the cyber threat landscape that governments across the world need to be aware of the advent of new technologies, being leveraged across smart city landscapes, provides further entry points for attackers.

Governments presiding over these cities need to embed a risk mindset from the onset of all technology-based projects.


Government Services Forum: A Dialogue on the Future of Government Services

These are some of the takeaways from the discussions at the fifth edition of the Government Services Forum as the panelists deliberated upon taking a human-centered approach to redesign and implement services.

Closing the Gap in the Cyber Skills Domain

The modern world is being shaped by extraordinary technological transitions and digital innovation. This remarkable pace of change is being fueled in part through rapid expansion and exponential growth of the digital space.

Nurturing Natural Capital: The Middle East Imperative

With more than half the world’s economic output (an estimated US$44 trillion) either highly or moderately dependent on the environment, the consequences of environmental and nature degradation are severe.