Exploration of International IoT Standards for Smart Cities Security, Privacy, and Trust Management

Abstract

Over the years, the urban population has grown relentlessly. This growth brings new socio- economic and environmental hazards. In recent evolution, to overcome the present and future challenges of urban crowding, the world is heading toward the Internet of Things (IoT)-based intelligent solutions. These solutions endeavor urban socio-economic devel-opment with the most significant opportunities to improve the quality and ease of life. Inevitably, IoT data security, privacy, and trust threat issues and legislation are the main challenges that may hamper the adoption and growth of intelligent solutions. However, adopting appropriate international standards is mandatory to tackle the abovementioned barriers. International technical standards help organizations and individuals produce sustainable and reliable technology, products, and services. The existing literature discussed the international standards for IoT technologies and did not focus on security, privacy, and trust standards. To fill this gap, we narrowed down and explored ISO, IETF, ITU-T, and IEEE international standards that help to create a legislative landscape and to build security, privacy, and trust measures in smart city use cases.