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How Smart Cities Can Leverage the Power of Digital Twins

State Tech Magazine

They leverage the Internet of Things to gather information about traffic flows, population trends, water, sanitation and a range of other indicators. Municipalities generate vast volumes of data, and digitally enabled smart cities go even further.

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Why hide from data?

Barrett & Greene

Though this may be short sighted, we can certainly understand that there's pressure to use limited resources on direct services, like sanitation, pot-hole filling or public safety. It's a simple equation: Clean up the potholes and it’ll help you get re-elected. Measure the number of potholes and nobody will notice.

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Times Square Alliance Streetwatch program for reporting problems in the public space

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The whole concept of "broken windows theory" (" Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety ," Atlantic Magazine , 1982) is based on the findings that high quality maintenance in public spaces reduces the likelihood of disorder. Problems such as graffiti, people in mental health crisis, sanitation, etc., Times Square in 2017.

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Cybersecurity Trends for 2H 2022: Industry Expert Jeff Franckhauser Focuses on Zero Trust

Government Technology Insider

Every 11 seconds a ransomware attack occurs somewhere in the world, according to research from Cybersecurity Ventures magazine. Staying ahead of cyberattacks requires agencies to monitor and understand current trends that are perpetually evolving as threats evolve. GTI: What does Zero Trust look like in action?