Building Automation Cyber Security

The building automation and facility sector is rapidly adopting iot based systems with the goal of significantly reducing operational costs.

Building automation cyber security.

Smart buildings and the internet of things iot make buildings more comfortable energy efficient and secure but also increase their exposure with the number of identified. Every time we re asked to basically penetrate a building automation system and do things with it we re always successful. Energy management and building controls. Nist supply chain cybersecurity best practices call for knowing what components are inside the equipment.

Let s look at both the promise of smart buildings and the realities of managing their cybersecurity risks. Building automation systems are part of the infrastructure of buildings and malicious users that get access to the building automation system s communication may interfere with the system and produce unwanted behavior or damage to hvac and other equipment or life safety threats even said isler a senior systems architect for siemens. This digital transformation is connecting legacy systems to new devices and sensors expanding the attack surface for cyber threats. Engineering resilience to human threats.

And small companies are not the only ones at risk. The common best practices we find in the security industry are just not used by these building automation devices. Analysis of the security landscape for building automation systems and networks. Federal state security standards for connected building systems a presentation by bob hunter at ncbc 2017 1 at this time this is more easily said than done.

Development of a proof of concept malware that persists on devices at the automation level as opposed to persisting. Discovery and responsible disclosure of previously unknown vulnerabilities in building automation devices ranging from controllers to gateways. Safeguarding against hacking should be a priority for all businesses because it has happened to well known large firms and surprisingly including ones that operate in in the high tech industry. Pas 1192 5 2015 specification for security minded building information modelling digital built environments and smart asset management.

Mitigation of cybersecurity threats is a task that concerns all the parts and parties of an energy monitoring and building automation installation. Cybersecurity solutions that offer in depth visibility and network monitoring for bas are critical to quickly detect and respond to cyber and operational threats. Building automation system security isn t a luxury. Infrastructure and cyber attacks.

There s never been an engagement where we ve failed. The control system is a computerized intelligent network of electronic devices designed to monitor and control the mechanical electronic and lighting systems in a building. Cyber security and engineering.