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Smart Cities Are Struggling with Tech Governance. Here’s Why Business Should Help.

4 years ago
by Jennifer L. Schenker
6 min read
Written by Jennifer L. Schenker

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Article Summary:

A new report from the World Economic Forum makes the case that even the smart cities that have made the most progress fail on cybersecurity and are falling behind on technology governance. The shortcomings identified in the July 13 report have a direct impact on business because in some cases the digital transformation of corporates is intertwined with that of cities. Read on to find out how business can help.

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About the author

Jennifer L. Schenker

Jennifer L. Schenker, an award-winning journalist, has been covering the global tech industry from Europe since 1985, working full-time, at various points in her career for the Wall Street Journal Europe, Time Magazine, International Herald Tribune, Red Herring and BusinessWeek. She is currently the editor-in-chief of The Innovator, an English-language global publication about the digital transformation of business. Jennifer was voted one of the 50 most inspiring women in technology in Europe in 2015 and 2016 and was named by Forbes Magazine in 2018 as one of the 30 women leaders disrupting tech in France. She has been a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneers judge for 20 years. She lives in Paris and has dual U.S. and French citizenship.

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