Are there security implications of posting the regional ITS architecture on the Internet?
Many regions have put their regional ITS architecture on the Internet as an effective stakeholder outreach and data gathering tool. A few in the public safety and homeland security community have expressed a concern that posting the regional ITS architecture on the Internet poses a security issue. While there is still discussion about this, and it’s not clear what will happen with this issue, there are a few thoughts that can be shared. While a regional ITS architecture does show the information flows between systems, and sometimes the method of the exchange (i.e. fiber, cellular, microwave, etc), the specific locations of the equipment is usually not specified. In a large metropolitan area, the specific locations of every detector, camera, DMS, etc would be onerous to show. However, for a regional ITS architecture that covers a smaller geographic area, showing the locations of specific equipment may be more possible, and could be an issue for the homeland security and public safety co
