Securing IoT Devices in Smart City Environments

Smart Cities are becoming reality across the world and are blurring the difference between sci-fi and real world. The concept of internet of Things (IoT) is acting as the building blocks of Smart City environment. The rapid deployment of IoT devices in the smart cities have raised concerns in network security and also privacy of the end-users. This paper attempts to study the various IoT devices deployed in Smart cities across the globe, their vulnerabilities, recent attacks experienced and suggest possible solution for mitigation.