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Adam Bannister is a contributor to IFSEC Global, having been in the role of Editor from 2014 through to November 2019. Adam also had stints as a journalist at cybersecurity publication, The Daily Swig, and as Managing Editor at Dynamis Online Media Group.
The global market for smart-cities projects between now and 2020 is worth $1.5tn, with 14% of the total budget accounted for by safe city security solutions, a report by Frost & Sullivan has reported.
There are forecast to be 26 cities that by 2025 will be exemplars in, among other things, smart energy, smart infrastructure – including sensor networks – smart buildings and smart/safe cities security – comprising surveillance,biometrics, simulation modelling and crime prediction, and C2 and response.
Taken from IFSEC Global’s Safe Cities report the map below also details ambitious safe/smart-cities projects currently taking place across globe, including India, China, Glasgow and Santander.
What exactly is a safe city? How does the industry work with government and emergency services to deliver safer, secure and sustainable cities?
Based on original research by IFSEC Global the Safe Cities Report canvassed views from across the security industry about safe cities, covering the biggest obstacles to realising the safe cities concept. Download the free report here
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Map of Safe/Smart-City Projects around the WorldThe global market for smart-cities projects between now and 2020 is worth $1.5tn, with 14% of the total budget accounted for by safe city security solutions, a report by Frost & Sullivan has reported.
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