“Smart buildings are not an option for the 21st Century – they are a necessity,” begins a new whitepaper by Booz Allen Hamilton, in partnership with Johnson Controls – Cybersmart Buildings: Securing your investments in connectivity and automation. After summarizing the benefits and obstacles to smart building operation, the paper goes on to say, “It is no longer enough for a building to be smart – it must now be cybersmart.” On the surface “cybersmart buildings,” appears to be another one of those tech-construction terms desperately trying to out-do and differentiate itself from all the others. Smart buildings, smarter buildings (IBM), better buildings (US Gov), efficient buildings, intelligent buildings and automated buildings all essentially mean the same thing. And while cybersmart buildings may also fall into those definitions, its birth comes with an important focus on what is, perhaps, the biggest danger to smart buildings – the threat of cyber attack. “Investing in smart buildings […]