Live Breaking News & Updates on File Photo Manila Urban Planners Are Urged To Integrate Cybersecurity Investments In Smart City Blueprints Avoid Attacks On The Operational Technology Infrastructure Of Country 39s Future Cities

File photo MANILA - Urban planners are urged to integrate cybersecurity investments in smart city blueprints to avoid attacks on the operational technology infrastructure of the country's future smart cities, a cybersecurity firm said. Cyfirma president for delivery and operations Saurabh Lal told the Philippine News Agency that it is critical to integrate cybersecurity investments during the planning stage for a smart city, and not after all digital technologies are already in place. "If you don't take them into account while at the planning stage-because this is what we call shift left approach-considering all these pieces when you are designing, not later on that," he said. "If you don't do that, I think chances are that you will have a very rude shock." Lal added that with the pandemic accelerating the adoption of digital technology and the government's vision to build smart cities across the country like the New Clark City in Central Luzon, inve ....

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