Securing Smart City with Smart Network

Cnergee 14 Apr 2026 231 views
Smart City

As Indian cities scale their digital infrastructure — from surveillance networks to citizen service platforms — the security of underlying networks becomes mission critical. This whitepaper outlines how SD-WAN and NGFW form the backbone of a secure smart city network.

Smart city initiatives across India are rapidly expanding — connecting traffic management systems, surveillance cameras, healthcare centers, utility grids, and citizen service portals into unified digital infrastructure. The connectivity opportunity is enormous. So is the attack surface.

Contents

  1. The smart city network architecture: what it looks like today
  2. Threat vectors unique to smart city deployments (IoT, OT, public WiFi)
  3. Why MPLS and legacy firewalls are inadequate for distributed smart city infrastructure
  4. SD-WAN as the connectivity backbone: centrally managed, policy-driven, resilient
  5. NGFW integration: enforcing Zero Trust across thousands of endpoints
  6. Case study: secure connectivity across 50+ municipal offices
  7. Regulatory considerations under the DPDP Act 2023

Download the full whitepaper to access network architecture diagrams, vendor evaluation criteria, and a deployment readiness checklist.