'INTELLIGENT' BUILDINGS NEED CYBER-SECURITY

摘要

The Integration of building and business systems within so-called 'intelligent buildings' will create a range of new potential risks - such as cyber-attacks - for the personnel, technology, and operations within them, warns an IET report. The authors of the Sector Insight report 'Intelligent Buildings: Understanding and managing the security risks' warn that third parties gaining unauthorised access to IP-based building management systems could disable or take control of building systems, with the result that continued occupation might no longer be safe, due to physical damage (fire or flooding, say) or other life-threatening actions.