Our new report Cyber Security in Smart Commercial Buildings provides conclusive proof that the cyber black market, once a varied landscape of discrete, ad hoc networks of individuals motivated by ego and notoriety has become a burgeoning powerhouse of highly organized groups; Often connected with traditional crime groups (e.g., drugs cartels, mafias, terrorists cells) and nation states. Attacks on public buildings in the last few months have caused chaos across the world and demonstrated how easy cyber attack tools, freely available online, can enable relatively low skilled individuals to acquire substantial cyber attack capabilities. Smart Buildings undoubtedly have a great future but unless we can secure connectivity right across the building making it impregnable from cyber crimes, customers will hold back and only invest when they are convinced that the benefits outweigh the risk. In the short term this could have a negative impact on the demand for really smart buildings and other prime markets […]