UK firms are ‘sleepwalking’ into smart building cyber threats

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has issued a stark warning to UK businesses over the rise of smart building cyber threats, urging them to bolster security capabilities.

In a new report published this week, the professional body highlighted the rapidly growing threats posed by the convergence of operational technology (OT) and IT systems in smart buildings, a domain it suggested the property sector has been slow to address.

Underpinning the alert, the latest RICS Facilities Management survey revealed that more than a quarter (27%) of respondents said their building had experienced a cyber attack in the last 12 months.

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