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Cerberus DMS 4.0
Cybersecurity Meets Building
Management Systems
Introduction
We live and work in an exciting era. It’s one defined by Industry 4.0 – the
digitalization of business. Digitalization provides numerous advantages, including
greater convenience and increased efficiency. It also presents security challenges.
Cyber attacks are a constant and increasing threat due to the across-the-board
connectivity that makes digitalization possible. In today’s connected world, the
likelihood of a cyber attack is high.
How do you confidently face and mitigate cyber threats? You take a holistic
approach to security measures across all aspects of your organization. This includes
making sure the building management systems that manage your facility’s
infrastructure are well prepared.
At Siemens Building Technologies, we believe security begins during product
development. We’ve adopted a “think security” philosophy in the development
of our products, including Cerberus DMS 4.0 building management products,
solutions, and services. This paper provides insight into how Siemens approaches
cybersecurity requirements during the Cerberus DMS 4.0 product development
and lifecycle management processes.
Before discussing cybersecurity, let’s define it. For this document, we define
cybersecurity as the protection of life and company assets from harm caused by
digital attacks against the availability, confidentiality, integrity, authenticity, and
reliability of information in cyberspace. Cyberspace is the complex system of
interaction between people, software, and services that is facilitated by using
technical means to connect them to the Intranet and Internet.
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