Cybersecurity Risks For Major Office Buildings

Manufacturing has been well aware of cybersecurity risks for years, and remember last year when one of the largest meat processors was shut down due to getting hacked, costing them millions in downtown and ransom? With so much of major office building technology going into the cloud and The Internet of Things (IoT) now connecting building security, HVAC, elevators, and just about every other digital function what type of chaos could be created if, say, the elevators of a high rise were locked down until a ransom was paid, or the exterior locks or parking garage controls were taken over by a hacker? Sure, this might not be as disruptive as a hospital computer system being hijacked but to the building manager, owner and building tenants it could be seriously disruptive.