Chinese cities are increasingly adopting "smart" technology to run more efficiently and make life for citizens easier.
Shenzhen, which is beside Hong Kong in South China, is building its first "smart road."
Chinese experts in urban design said that the nation is leading the world in using high tech such as artificial intelligence (AI) and big data in infrastructure construction.
In the public sector the risks of data breaches are vast, costing millions in halted or impacted operations, lost revenue, data recovery and more. Allied to this is the loss of integrity and reputation when personal and critical data is compromised; as well as the potential for public services - such as national electricity grids – to be disrupted. With governments holding so much sensitive data on citizens, weak data security also poses a real risk to incite cyber-terrorism from international crime syndicates.
Public sector institutions and agencies are prone to facing three types of risks: insider threats, outsider threats and trusted computer-based threats. Within each of these categories the tactics rapidly evolve – demanding high level of awareness and security measures.
A key figure behind Estonia’s transition into the world’s first ‘e-government’ system at the turn of the century has defended some of the controversial decisions made to enable the transformation.
Taavi Kotka, the Baltic state’s former chief information officer, told HIMSS UK e-Health Week delegates that in order to provide as many public services online as possible, painful political decisions needed to be taken.
The initiative was taken after Principal Secretary for MA&UD Arvind Kumar was placed in full additional charge of the Information and Public Relations department.
Making best use of social media platforms – Facebook and Twitter, the Telangana government is all set to reach out people by spreading information on government schemes and also use these platforms to resolve grievances. Officials of Information and Public Relations department have been asked to create social media accounts in this regard and interact with people.
The Pimpri Chinchwad Limited (PCSCL) board of directors has asked to streamline development works in the city.
These include Wi-Fi, improvement of public transport, streetscape design, urban design, landscape design, environmental services, solid waste management, e-governance, security and surveillance.
In a meeting held on Thursday, municipal commissioner Shravan Hardikar gave approval for floating tenders for the works.