# Information Security Applications in Smart Cities: A Bibliometric Analysis of Emerging Research
## 5 Discussion
### Theoretical and Practical Implications  
The results contribute to developing a practical perspective in computer science, particularly providing a conceptual framework integrated with information security and smart cities knowledge and leading research in the world. IT security professionals can take advantage of this study by using this structure as a reference to design new solutions in cybersecurity and formulate specific security policies to combat and prevent cyberattacks in smart cities. Moreover, this study shows the importance of developing information security strategies with a focus on user behavior in the city, characterized as the primary agent that causes security failures in IT solutions. In addition, IT researchers can obtain guidance to explore new fields of research, develop new trends and perspectives, develop applications to fill gaps in the literature and provide attention to different types of problems in information security and smart cities, which highlights the validity and relevance of this work.  
Clustering bibliometric networks through co-citation analysis has practical contributions to the business area. By integrating knowledge between the disciplines of information and computing systems, managers and practitioners can quickly identify the most relevant concepts and best practices concerning information security and smart cities and perception of human behavior, smart power grid, online services, prevention systems for cyberattacks, the critical cyber infrastructures, threats, resilience, and social prospects of cybersecurity, designed by the clusters of co-citation analysis. As stated by [389], such a repository of terms associated with the scientific literature is a strategic tool for the continuous improvement of business, which can designate appropriate software features or necessary maintenance for the security of information systems and support decision methods in the treatment and prevention of information security incidents. This systematic view can also highlight organizations' responsibility of managers for smart city decisions related to control and data privacy and potential correlations between data security and the organization's value judgments on security devices.  
Although developments and research related to the creation of control software, infrastructure improvement, risk prevention, and failure prevention, investment in IoT and Data solutions Science have increased in the last ten years, as shown by the results of this research, cybersecurity is still treated as a secondary element in government organizations and institutions in developing countries. In this context, the acquisition of new IT solutions must be considered a strategy as important as the investment in cybersecurity, as it can directly affect the users' perception of smart cities. Service providers must adhere to service-level agreements regarding system operation, data generation, and the use and sharing of information. Additionally, they should undergo privacy impact assessments to ensure compliance with privacy regulations and protect individuals' personal information. By enforcing these requirements, organizations can ensure that service providers maintain a high standard of service delivery, respect privacy rights, and safeguard sensitive data.  
This research presents an integrative theoretical framework conceptualized in the presentation of the state of the art on the scope of application and development of the term \"information security and smart cities.\" The theoretical framework presented can provide conceptual support to researchers and professionals in the field and can be used as a reference for understanding the connections between the lines of research, the composition of clusters of researchers, and the relationship between related areas, and can serve as a conceptual basis for the cybersecurity planning project in different businesses.