The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India in a white paper on smart cities, released on Tuesday, said that it is important to address cybersecurity issues that will arise due to information exchange that takes places in such urban centres. The paper said that security issues can arise out of a lack of testing components that go into a smart network, and poor data security of devices, among other things. It also said that the imminent National Cyber Security Strategy 2020 should take these issues into consideration and address them. It also recommended to set up a National Trust Centre which will be responsible for testing devices in smart networks from a security perspective. "The present cyber threat landscape poses significant challenges due to rapid technological developments such as Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, 5G, etc. New challenges include data protection/privacy, law enforcement in evolving cyberspace, access to data stored overseas, misuse of social media platforms, international cooperation on cybercrime and cyber terrorism, and so on. Threats from organized cybercriminal groups, technological cold wars, and increasing state sponsored cyber-attacks have also emerged. Further, existing structures may need to be revamped or revitalized. Thus, a need exists for the formulation of a National Cyber Security Strategy 2020," TRAI said in the white paper. Apart from that, TRAI also batted for bringing in standardisation in devices and protocols within a smart city infrastructure. In the white paper, titled 'Smart Cities in India: Framework for ICT Infrastructure', TRAI said that in absence…
