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Smart Building Control System Cybersecurity – The Real World – Fred Gordy – PSW #692

Currently, in the United States, there are over 87 billion square feet of commercial real estate. Smart Building control systems pervasive throughout these buildings and helped increase efficiency, profitability, and the occupant experience. This increase of this technology has exponentially increased the attack surface of companies. In this episode, Fred Gordy will discuss findings, attacks, and IT-induced events that he and his team have seen from the thousands of assessments they have performed in the US, Canada, and overseas. He will also provide low-cost basic practices to decrease exposure to these events.

Segment Resources:

Intelligent Buildings - https://www.intelligentbuildings.com/

Full episode and show notes

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Guest

Fred Gordy
Fred Gordy
Director of Cybersecurity at Intelligent Buildings

Fred is an industry expert within building intelligence data analysis for building control and power monitoring systems with an emphasis on cybersecurity. His control systems knowledge gives him insight into challenges of interlacing traditional IT environments with control systems for a cohesive and secure operational technology (OT) platform. With over 20 years in the BAS space, over seven years of BAS cybersecurity, and 20 years in the IT space, Fred is nationally recognized as an OT cybersecurity thought-leader. Fred was Chairperson of the Cybersecurity Committee for the InsideIQ 55 international member companies, Security Steering Committee Member for Sports & Entertainment Alliance in Technology, and founding member of Cyber Security for Control Systems Association International (CS2AI), as well as the past president and current president emeritus the Atlanta CS2AI Chapter.

Hosts

Paul Asadoorian
Paul Asadoorian
Founder at Security Weekly
Joff Thyer
Joff Thyer
Security Analyst at Black Hills Information Security
Larry Pesce
Larry Pesce
Product Security Research and Analysis Director at Finite State
Lee Neely
Lee Neely
Information Assurance APL at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Tyler Robinson
Tyler Robinson
Director of Offensive Security & Research at Trimarc Security, Founder & CEO at Dark Element

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