A Secure Smart City Infrastructure Framework for E-Service Delivery Within a Developing Country: A Case of Windhoek in Namibia

摘要

As cities embrace technologies, they become more intelligent ubiquitous and unlimited connection. This is enabled by fast broadband and better supporting infrastructure. African cities are making effort to improve service delivery using technologies. As these developments are witnessed, information sharing, infrastructure requirements and security issues become very common. There are a number or study papers on smart cities; however, less has been studied on the smart city security and Infrastructure. Since it is clear that within a smart city, high Internet speed, intelligent systems efficient services are crucial, there is need for a secure supporting information infrastructure. Qualitative data was gathered from participants within a case study approach. Results should the current ICT initiatives to support smart cities. At the same time, all participants engaged agree that a secure infrastructure framework is key for African cities to become smart. The paper presents a comprehensive Secure Smart City Infrastructure Framework (SSCIF) for the City of Windhoek in Namibia. The framework aims to enable e-service delivery within a smart city.