Artificial Intelligence and IoT for Cyber Security Solutions in Smart Cities

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the current state of cybersecurity in smart cities and explores how AI and IoT technologies can be used to address cybersecurity challenges. It discusses the potential of AI for threat detection, risk assessment, and incident response, as well as the use of IoT sensors for real-time monitoring and data analysis in the context of smart cities. It includes case studies from around the world to provide practical insights into the use of AI and IoT technologies for enhancing cybersecurity in different contexts and highlight the potential benefits of these technologies for improving the resilience and security of smart cities.

Key Features:

• Studies the challenges of and offers relevant solutions to using AI and IoT technologies in cybersecurity in smart cities
• Examines the unique security risks faced by smart cities, including threats to critical infrastructure, data privacy and security, and the potential for large-scale cyber-attacks
• Offers practical solutions and case studies to be used to inform policy and practice in this rapidly evolving field
• Discusses the Fourth Industrial Revolution framework and how smart cities have been a significant part of this manufacturing paradigm
• Reviews aspects of Society 5.0 based on intelligent smart cities and sustainable issues for the cities of the future

Postgraduate students and researchers in the departments of Computer Science, working in the areas of IoT and Smart Cities will find this book useful.

Dr. Smita Sharma is a senior IEEE member and a member of the Executive Committee IEEE UP Section. She has completed her PhD degree from Uttarakhand Technical University (Central Govt University) in the field of Wireless Body Area Sensor Networks. She received her BTech from Galgotias College of Engineering and MTech from Madan Mohan Malviya Engineering College, Uttar Pradesh, India, in Electronics and Communication Engineering. She is currently working at NIELIT, India. She has published over 35+ articles in peer¿reviewed journals and conferences of international repute. Apart from that, 4 book chapters and 3 Indian patents are under her credit. She has edited various books and collaborated with eminent professors worldwide from top QS¿ranked universities. Her current research interests include IoT, wireless sensor networks, network security, and AI. Her current focus in WSN is improving the lifetime and efficiency of sensor networks. She serves as a reviewer of many peer¿reviewed journals and conferences. She is the organizer for several IEEE conferences like ICIPTM2022, ICIEM2022, ICCAKM2022, ICTACS 2022, IC3I 2022, IC3I 2023, UPCON2023, and IC3SE 2024. She has given several talks at various events and symposiums. She has also served on the publication team of several conferences of internationally reputed journals and is a member of IAENG and CSI societies. Her main research interest is in wireless sensor networks, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

Prof. Balamurugan Balusamy is currently working as an associate dean student at Shiv Nadar University, Delhi¿NCR. Prior to this assignment, he was a professor at the School of Computing Sciences and Engineering and Director of International Relations at Galgotias University, Greater Noida, India. His contributions focus on engineering education, blockchain, and data sciences. His academic degrees and 12 years of experience working as a faculty member at a global university like VIT University, Vellore, have made him more receptive and prominent in his domain. He does have 200 plus high¿impact factor papers in Springer, Elsevier, and IEEE. He has written more than 80 edited and authored books and collaborated with eminent professors across the world from top QS¿ranked universities. He has served up to the position of associate professor in his stint of 12 years of experience with VIT University, Vellore. He had completed his bachelor's, master's, and PhD degrees from premier institutions in India. His passion is teaching and adapting different design thinking principles while delivering his lectures. He has published 80+ books on various technologies and visited 15+ countries for his technical course. He has several top¿notch conferences in his resume and has published over 200 quality journals, conferences and book chapters combined. He serves in the advisory committee for several start¿ups and forums and does consultancy work for the industry on industrial IoT. He has given over 195 talks at various events and symposiums.

Dr. Manikandan Thirumalaisamy is working as a professor in the Department of CSBS, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai, India. He holds a PhD degree in Information and Communication Engineering at Anna University Chennai, India. He secured a Master of Engineering in the CSE Department at Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering at Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India. He has been in the teaching profession for more than 18 years. He has published 15+ research papers in various journals and conference proceedings. His research and publication interests include networks, cybersecurity, intrusion detection systems, computational intelligence, wireless networks, and congestion control. He is a senior member of the IEEE, ACM member, and CSI life member.

Professor Naveen Chilamkurti is the head of the Cybersecurity Discipline and associate dean of International Partnerships at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He also received the AustraliäIndia Cybersecurity Infrastructure Grant, jointly funded by DFAT and the Indian government. He is a keynote speaker at various international conferences and has been recently elected as an IET (UK) fellow. He has an extensive research record in cybersecurity. He has published 360 journals/conference articles in cybersecurity, IoT, anomaly detection in IoT, the Internet of Medical Things, wireless security, federated learning in IoT, wireless multimedia, wireless sensor networks, and software¿defined networks. He is active in editing and authoring nine books with reputed publishers. He has successfully attracted 20 research grants since 2000 to support PhD scholarships, fellowships, and travel grants for research collaboration. Prof. Chilamkurti secured 24 competitive grants from various sources, including SMART SAT CRC, Data61/CSIRO, Defence Science Institute, Australian Academy of Science, and OPTUS telecommunications. He was instrumental in designing and developing cybersecurity micro¿credentials and other short courses now delivered online. He has taught networking, security, and cyber areas for 26 years and has supervised 51 research students to complete their master's and PhD programmes. He is also the director of La Trobe Cybersecurity Innovation Node, primarily focused on research, upskilling, and certification in cybersecurity programmes.