Cybersecurity in Connected Buildings

Property owners, tenants, and property managers are now adjusting to the post-Covid back to the office model. Many are adopting health and safety guidelines that leverage touchless entry and digitally connected services for convenience. In this new world, Internet of Things IoT devices dominate the environment. Decision-makers responsible for the security of these connected buildings must account for everything from personal devices brought into the setting by tenants and their guests to the building infrastructure that keeps the environment safe and secure HVAC, lighting, digital signage, fire annunciation and safety systems, parking access, etc.). All of these elements are part of the modern connected building and require internet access and a secure network that has cybersecurity designed in, regardless of the type of IoT device on the network.