Cybersecurity in Smart Cities: Safeguarding the digital pulse of urban life

A comprehensive exploration of cybersecurity challenges faced by smart cities in an era where AI-optimized systems, such as traffic management, co-exist with legacy infrastructures like utility networks. We will delve into the complexity of securing a wide array of technical components spread across urban landscapes, which are often vulnerable due to their accessibility and integral role in critical infrastructure. We will look at targeted approaches to strengthen the increasing need for more robust cybersecurity framework for smart city environments, including approaches for protecting AI-powered large language models (LLMs) used within these ecosystems.