@article{241, author = {Raja Waseem Anwar and Saqib Ali}, title = {Smart Cities Security Threat Landscape: A Review}, abstract = {This paper presents the holistic view of the security landscape and highlights the security threats, challenges, and risks to the smart city environment.}, year = {2022}, journal = {Central Library of the Slovak Academy of Sciences}, month = {2022}, issn = {2585-8807}, url = {https://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/article/view/2022_2_405}, doi = {10.31577/cai_2022_2_405}, note = {Smart cities are emerging and comprise a plethora of interconnected devices, there-fore, the provision of security and privacy is challenging. This paper highlightsa brief review of security threats and challenges faced by smart cities and theirapplications. The interconnectivity and the complex heterogeneity between thephysical and cyberinfrastructure of smart cities require special security countermea-sures. The architecture of smart cities is discussed followed by the various attacksat Network, Perception, and Application layers. Overall, this review paper serves asa valuable resource and reference point for academia and industrial practitioners}, }