The building automation and facility sector is rapidly adopting IoT-based systems with the goal of significantly reducing operational costs. This digital transformation is connecting legacy systems to new devices and sensors, expanding the attack surface for cyber threats.

Let’s look at both the promise of smart buildings and the realities of managing their cybersecurity risks.

On January 4th, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a National Terrorism Advisory bulletin warning of a potential cyberattack by Iran in the wake of a U.S. drone attack that killed a senior Iranian military commander.

Read Nozomi Networks experts take on the new reality of cyberattacks on U.S. interests.

The building automation and facility sector is rapidly adopting IoT-based systems with the goal of significantly reducing operational costs. This digital transformation is connecting legacy systems to new devices and sensors, expanding the attack surface for cyber threats.

Let’s look at both the promise of smart buildings and the realities of managing their cybersecurity risks.

Senior executives at industrial and OT organizations increasingly need to understand the full scope of their cyber risks. However, their confidence with current monitoring for OT/IoT systems is typically low.

To help tackle this challenge, IBM and Nozomi Networks are expanding the capabilities and solutions we offer together to deliver unified IT, IoT, and OT cyber security.

The Wall Street Journal reported that more than a dozen U.S. utilities were targeted in the LookBack attack first revealed in August. Originally, security researchers divulged the details of a spearphishing campaign targeting three different United States utility companies. Now The Wall Street Journal has disclosed that FBI investigations have determined that hackers “homed in on smaller electricity providers in proximity to critical infrastructure.”

Here’s what we now know about the LookBack malware campaign.