واقع المدن الذكية السعودية و تحدياتها الأمنية السيبرانية و حلولها في ضوء رؤية المملكة 2030 م

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The research aimed to clarify the reality of Saudi smart cities and their cybersecurity challenges and solutions in the light of the Kingdom's vision 2030.

And to provide the most appropriate technical and security solutions proposed from the point of view of specialists.

The analytical descriptive approach was followed.

The literature was reviewed to identify the most prominent components of smart cities, and seven main components were identified, including: smart governance, smart economy, smart transportation, smart environment, smart citizen, smart life, and citizen privacy and security.

The analytical survey was conducted to determine the reality of the availability of these components in the most prominent Saudi smart cities, and this included seven cities, namely: Riyadh, Neom, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Jeddah, Al-Ahsa, and Yanbu.

The challenges and threats facing Saudi smart cities, and the proposed solutions.

To determine the most appropriate solutions from the point of view of specialists; An evaluation questionnaire was prepared and applied at the end of February 2022 AD on (60) faculty members specialized in Saudi and Egyptian universities.

The research reached many results, including: The identification of seven main components of smart cities, which were included in a matrix of indicators of their reality in the most prominent Saudi smart cities.

It monitored a set of cyber security challenges and threats to it; Among the most prominent were the cyber-attack of technical terrorists, their hacking of data, and their violation of privacy.

The evaluation relative average of the appropriate proposed solutions from the point of view of specialists was 95.85%, the percentage of the appropriateness of technical solutions was 95.9%, and the percentage of the appropriateness of cyber solutions was 95.8%.

The research concluded by providing 10 recommendations to address cyber security challenges and threats to Saudi smart cities, in light of the Kingdom's 2030 vision.