CEO Pook-Ping Yao describes the security challenges of converging building automation technologies onto a corporate IT network. He goes on to make the case that creating a dedicated network for building technologies is a simple and effective way to ensure that corporate information is not available through the network controlling HVAC controller or smart light fixture.
CEO Pook-Ping Yao describes the security challenges of converging building automation technologies onto a corporate IT network. He goes on to make the case that creating a dedicated network for building technologies is a simple and effective way to ensure that corporate information is not available through the network controlling HVAC controller or smart light fixture. While no amount of security will guarantee protection, there are simple steps that a smart building developer should take. It starts with segregated or dedicated building networks. This layer of security is a cost effective approach to securing a smart building that will become even more crucial in the years ahead, as increasing amounts of smart technology is added to the building’s infrastructure. Target’s hack through the HVAC system has cost the company $200 Million and counting. Separating networks is not that hard to do, and it will result in not just a smart building, but a secure smart building. It’s worth it.
