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The Five Eyes agencies recently issued cybersecurity guidance and best practices for smart cities.  The document describes potential risks and provides recommendations for addressing them.   Those readers who do not follow the novels Tom Clancy and John le Carre may not be familiar with The Five Eyes.  The Five Eyes are the intelligence agencies of the US, Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand that share intelligence.[1]

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According to a recent US report, nearly 60% of the cyber security recommendations made by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) since 2010 have yet to be implemented by federal agencies.  The Office unveiled the figures in a release on 16 January 2023, adding that out of 335 public recommendations, 190 still needed to be implemented.  "Until these are fully implemented, federal agencies will be more limited in their ability to protect private and sensitive data entrusted to them," GAO re