{"id":287,"date":"2023-02-07T16:04:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T16:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/?page_id=287"},"modified":"2025-08-22T08:21:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T08:21:57","slug":"ep9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\/ep9\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode #9: Addressing the Security Risks of Digital Transformation on IoT"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n        <div data-span=\"12\">\n                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">    <section>\n        <div class=\"ituContainer grid\">\n                                                <div data-span=\"10\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ep9-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ep9-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ep9-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ep9-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ep9-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ep9-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This webinar was part of ITU\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>webinar series on Digital transformation for cities and communities<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bThe webinar was jointly organized by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-T\/studygroups\/2017-2020\/20\/Pages\/default.aspx\">ITU-T Study Group 20 \u201cInternet of things (IoT) and smart cities and communities (SC&amp;C)\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;and<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-T\/studygroups\/2017-2020\/17\/Pages\/default.aspx\">ITU-T Study Group 17 \u201cSec\u200burity\u201d<strong>\u200b<\/strong><\/a>.\u200b<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-T\/Workshops-and-Seminars\/Documents\/Voluntary%20Contribution.pdf\">\u200b<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bThe accelerated digital transformation has increased the risk of cyber security in parallel. As IoT deployment becomes more frequent and sophisticated, smart cities and communities are also becoming more vulnerable to data breach and other exploits. City leaders must be prepared to response to increased cyber risks and prioritize privacy, security, and trust as the key components of digital transformation, particularly in developing countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This webinar&nbsp;examined the security implication of digital transformation and looked at the global development on managing security risks in smart cities and communities. It &nbsp;also shed light on the latest international standards that were available to enhance security capability of IoTs and other related systems and applications.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button gb-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/itu.zoom.us\/rec\/play\/vXEb_btmXyINKBrTQYJT9rXSgK_0MQs6o7-e90syehRk-h5ZOsMj5dyafPKGJSGMxNfR3Sth6Gl0J6hD.8EjV16JHYbknx8wh?startTime=1638791840000\" style=\"border-radius:5px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#0693e3;padding-top:10px;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:1em;font-size:20px;line-height:1.2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Webinar Here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button gb-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XCmD2ge4img&amp;list=PLpoIPNlF8P2PQ-vazNLIVp43CEGcChHPC&amp;index=9&amp;t=16s&amp;pp=iAQB\" style=\"border-radius:5px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#0693e3;padding-top:10px;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:1em;font-size:20px;line-height:1.2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Note:&nbsp;<em>The views and opinions expressed by the presenters during this event are solely those of the individual speakers and do not necessarily represent, reflect, or constitute the official stance, policy, or position of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) or its secretariat.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                                                <div data-span=\"2\">\n                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Organized by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:98%\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"117\" src=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/itu-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-251\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/md\/T17-TSB-CIR-0336\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Invitation Letter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digital transformation for cities and communities Webinar Series<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ITU-T Smart Sustainable Cities<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-T\/studygroups\/2022-2024\/20\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">ITU-T Study Group 20: IoT and smart cities and communities<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-T\/studygroups\/2017-2020\/17\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ITU-T Study Group 17: Security<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-T\/webinars\/20211206\/Documents\/LOP_EP9.v2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">List of Participants<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-T\/Workshops-and-Seminars\/Documents\/Voluntary%20Contribution.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Voluntary Contribution<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>                    <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact: <a href=\"mailto:u4ssc@itu.int\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cristina Bueti<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">Programme<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-000df2e41a00abe7fbf358921c257559 is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2538aa6475efcc85738281558e974f21 is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>13:00 &#8211; 13:05 Opening Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\/Ramy%20Ahmed%20Fathy\/\">Ramy Ahmed Fathy<\/a><\/strong>\u200b, Vice-chairman, ITU-T Study Group 20, ITU, Director, Digital Services Planning and Risk Assessment, National Telecom Regulatory Authority, Egypt\u200b<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-33da8401a59c5e41d700936f6b9cda45 is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>13:05 &#8211; 14:50 Session 1: How to secure IoTs and manage IoT risks in cities and communities using standards\u200b?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moderator<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\/katrina-destree\/\">Katrina Destr\u00e9\u200be<\/a><\/strong>\u200b, Director of Privacy, KUMA LLC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\/amin-hasbini\/\">Amin Hasbini\u200b<\/a><\/strong>, Head of Research Center, Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META), Kaspersky: &#8220;<em>IoT, Digital Transformation and Security, Coherence or Complexity?<\/em>&#8221; \u200b[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-T\/webinars\/20211206\/Documents\/Amin_Hasbini.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presentation<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\/Nathalie%20Feingold\/\">Nathalie Feingold<\/a><\/strong>, Director and Strategic Advisor, NPBA: &#8220;<em>Digital Transformation on IoT, A Risk Management Approach: Overview of key findings of FG-DPM on data processing and management to support IoT and Smart Cities &amp; Communities<\/em>&#8221; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-T\/webinars\/20211206\/Documents\/Nathalie_Feingold.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presentation<\/a>\u200b]\u200b<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\/Abdulhadi%20AbouAlmal\/\">Abdulhadi AbouAlmal<\/a><\/strong>\u200b, WP2\/20 Vice-chairman and Q6\/20 Rapporteur, ITU-T Study Group 20, ITU: &#8220;<em>Managing the Risks of IoT in Cities and Communities Through Standards<\/em>&#8221; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-T\/webinars\/20211206\/Documents\/Abdulhadi_AbouAlmal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presentation<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\/Erik%20Andersen\/\">Erik Andersen<\/a><\/strong>, Independent Consultant, Andersen&#8217;s L-Service, Denmark\u200b: &#8220;<em>Rec. ITU-T X.509vs.constrained devices<\/em>&#8221; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-T\/webinars\/20211206\/Documents\/Erik_Andersen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presentation<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\/matej-kovacic\/\">Matej Kova\u010di\u010d<\/a>\u200b<\/strong>, Expert, International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence, Jo\u017eef Stefan Institute, Republic of Slovenia: &#8220;<em>IoT, smart cities and cybersecurity<\/em>&#8220;\u200b [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-T\/webinars\/20211206\/Documents\/Matej%20Kovacic.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presentation<\/a>\u200b]<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\/Giacomo%20Assenza\/\">Giacomo Assenza<\/a>\u200b<\/strong>, Cybersecurity Research Officer, ITU: &#8220;<em>Cybersecurity Policy Making<\/em>&#8221; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-T\/webinars\/20211206\/Documents\/Giacomo_Assenza.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presentation<\/a>\u200b]\u200b<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Questions &amp; Ans\u200bwers\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-617991f6823fb78a7c9c003491cab5cd is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>14:50 &#8211; 15:00 Closing Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\/Heung%20Youl%20Youm\/\">Heung Youl Youm<\/a><\/strong>, Chairman, ITU-T Study Group 17, Security | Professor, Department of Information Security Engineering, Soonchunhyang University, South Korea\u200b [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/en\/ITU-T\/webinars\/20211206\/Documents\/closing%20remark%20-%20Heung%20Youl%20Youm.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presentation<\/a>\u200b]\u200b<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\/Ramy%20Ahmed%20Fathy\/\">Ramy Ahmed Fathy<\/a><\/strong>, Vice-chairman, ITU-T Study Group 20, ITU, Director, Digital Services Planning and Risk Assessment, National Telecom Regulatory Authority, Egypt<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>                            <div class=\"ituContainer\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/standards4dt\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"standards4dt\">Back to the main page of webinar series &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":234,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-287","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/287\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itu.int\/cities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}