5G/6G Solutions (Room 208B)
CEO
GXC
Vice President, IoT Solutions
GetWireless
CEO
IKIN
5G has many flavors and with each flavor is a different application and use case. Where does IoT fit into these flavors and what other radio solutions are complementary. Register me
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Industrial IoT Solutions (Room 209A/B)
Industrial IoT Security Vulnerablities IIOT-01
Executive Editor
The Frontier Hub
Research Professor of NextG Security and Research Director of the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative
Virginia Tech
CEO
Flare-X
Cyber-criminals and Cyber-terrorists are looking at IoT devices and their installations as an opportunity to steal information, extort money and attack national critical infrastructure. One of the most simple but efficient attacks is the Denial of Service attack, is a simple way to take out and extort cloud-based services. There is also targeted ransomware, common malware, DNS hijacking, and other tools these criminals and terrorists use. There is one common trait between these attacks, and that is that they in one way or another exploit centralized infrastructure solutions, be it at index, data, service, or user level. These active risks are not done by some lone “hacker” in a basement, we are talking about sophisticated and well-funded organizations with highly educated staff. To believe that cyber-security in its current form of attacker/defender is going to work when any takeout of data flow or service will be directly and immensely disruptive to our economy, security and lives are to not take these risks seriously. Register me
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Smart City Solutions (Room 208A)
Smart Cities, Dumb Infrastructure: A Framework for Public-Private Partnerships SC-01
Sr. Research Fellow
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Despite two decades of federal efforts and funding, smart city technology has had limited deployment. Many smart city projects get derailed by controversies over public and private use of smart city network data and local government permissions to install infrastructure. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has allocated more money for broadband networks and smart city deployments. However, to accelerate smart city deployment, there needs to be clearer distinctions between “public” and “private” construction and management of networks. A possible model is a public-sector focus on "dumb infrastructure" and a private-sector focus on smart city devices and services, mediated by public-private partnerships. In this model, local governments limit their management and oversight to “dumb infrastructure” issues, like granting access to roadside infrastructure and preventing anticompetitive exclusion from utility poles and right-of-way real estate. The commercial sector, on the other hand, should have a free hand in device installation, service offerings, and data use. Some states and cities have taken steps towards this approach in recent years for broadband and connected vehicle deployments, including state laws encouraging the leasing of dumb infrastructure in Arizona and local efforts in Nebraska and Colorado. This session will analyze these examples and discuss the "dumb infrastructure" model to improve the viability of infrastructure projects like smart city and broadband networks. Recommendations will aid policymakers and companies considering how to accelerate smart city deployments. Register me
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