Investigating the potential threats posed to Smart Cities by the emergent capabilities of Quantum Technologies

调查量子技术的新兴功能对智慧城市构成的潜在威胁

• 批准号: 2602709
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Bristol
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2602709
• 关键词: Investigating; potential; threats; posed; Smart

Smart Cities (SC), also known as Connected Places (CP), are emerging all over the world, in various guises. However, what they have in common is the promise of better living standards, more efficient resource usage and environmental benefits, all provided through integrated systems that capitalise on digital information. But this information is vulnerable and, if compromised, could lead to security, trust and identity issues. Quantum computing, as one example of emerging quantum technologies (QT), has been variously described as "here now", "coming soon" or "not for another 10 years"; so, what is truth? And what other QT capabilities will emerge, when, and to what level of assurance? This project will examine the essential characteristics of SC, their governance, systems and underlying technical infrastructure, through an analysis of their reference architectures and work with UK Government agencies, leading to an assessment of the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of SC. It will then investigate the emergent capabilities of QT, focussing on the potential cybersecurity threats that they pose. Finally, the thesis will link the two analyses to prioritise the threats QT poses to SC and seek to propose methods that could enhance SC cybersecurity resilience against those threats.

智慧城市（SC），也被称为连接的地方（CP），正在以各种形式出现在世界各地。然而，它们的共同点是承诺提高生活水平，更有效地利用资源和环境效益，所有这些都通过利用数字信息的综合系统提供。但这些信息是脆弱的，如果受到损害，可能会导致安全，信任和身份问题。 量子计算作为新兴量子技术（QT）的一个例子，被不同地描述为“现在就在这里”、“即将推出”或“再过10年才能推出”;那么，真相是什么？还有什么其他QT功能会出现，什么时候出现，以及达到什么程度的保证？该项目将通过分析其参考架构并与英国政府机构合作，研究SC的基本特征，其治理，系统和底层技术基础设施，从而评估SC的网络安全漏洞。然后将调查QT的紧急能力，重点关注它们构成的潜在网络安全威胁。最后，本文将把这两个分析联系起来，优先考虑QT对SC构成的威胁，并寻求提出可以增强SC网络安全抵御这些威胁的方法。