Cybersecurity in Building Automation Systems (BAS)

February 15, 2019

The buildings that we live and work in are getting smarter and more connected. As we speak, the scenes we have only watched in sci-fi movies are becoming a reality, beginning with our homes and offices transforming into “smart buildings”. Only a few years ago, buildings offered very basic services. They had a central building management system (BMS) and one or two sub-systems, isolated from each other, typically used to control heating and air conditioning, the elevator or lighting systems. The control implemented by the BMS included simply switching the right equipment on or off at the right time of the day or year.

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Navigating the Changing Cyber Landscape in Australia

whitePaper | April 13, 2023

Those high profile data breaches led to a swift response from the Government with the penalties for serious or repeated privacy breaches increased from $2.22 million to a minimum of $50 million at the end of December. Since then, the Government has released the Privacy Act Review Report and the 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy that signpost a significant shift for Australia’s cyber landscape. Critical infrastructure; personal information; cyber security; dealing with ransomware attacks – all are likely to be shaken up.

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Securing Water Utilities with AWS

whitePaper | March 3, 2023

Today, many U.S. water utilities want to implement cloud-based information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) solutions to realize the operational and security benefits of the cloud. This whitepaper discusses the business drivers associated with cloud adoption in the U.S. Water Sector, cyber security trends, and outlines best practices for implementing cyber security controls at a water utility.

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Cybersecurity and Financial SystemResilience Report

whitePaper | July 27, 2022

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 20211 (CAA) requires the Federal Reserve Board (Board) to submit annually for seven years a report focused on cybersecurity to Congress. The CAA calls for a description of measures the Board has undertaken to strengthen cybersecurity within the financial services sector and with respect to the Board’s functions as a regulator, including the supervision and regulation of financial institutions and third-party service providers.

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Dell VxRail: Comprehensive Security by Design

whitePaper | September 29, 2022

In today’s world, business organizations and individuals have become accustomed to accessing the information they need 24 hours a day, seven days a week, often within seconds of making a request. To illustrate, an ad marketing study conducted by Google found that 53% of website sessions are terminated if pages take longer than three seconds to load.

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How MX Protects Your Data

whitePaper | December 22, 2022

MX’s approach to security includes a defense-in-depth strategy. This strategy is supported by an established, operational MX Security Program, with a robust suite of governing policies, processes, security controls, and procedures to achieve MX’s security strategy. MX enacts defense in depth by hardening each layer of MX’s infrastructure and supporting processes.

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Cisco Secure and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework

whitePaper | December 6, 2022

Cybersecurity can seem overwhelming, and there’s plenty of long to-do lists. The Center for Internet Security (CIS) has the Critical Security Controls, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has its 27000-series publications, and ISACA manages its COBIT 5 framework. Layer those atop compliance mandates like the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA) — and it’s often hard to know where to start.

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