Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain to Secure Smart Cities’ Services and Applications

The rapid transformation of traditional cities into smart cities has caused notable cybersecurity gaps. Smart cities’ applications and services are usually developed to deliver efficiency and enhanced user experience. They also heavily rely on the information technology infrastructure. The integration of AI and blockchain with the smart cities’ services and applications has also become increasingly popular over the years. Severe cyber-attacks targeted on smart cities’ services and applications have occurred during recent years for example Atalanta’s Cyberattack. This research aims to highlight one of the most crucial areas of the smart cities, securing their critical services and application with the assistance of AI and blockchain. Cybersecurity has been one of the concerns for smart cities due to the vast amount of data being generated from their services and applications. Lack of efficiency in managing and securing these data pose a significant challenge. Using traditional cybersecurity techniques, procedures and human cybersecurity professionals become no longer adequate for most of the cases for example threat analysis and analysing security footage. The use of AI and blockchain technologies to address these security issues will be explored in this research.