The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has released a new draft project description: Security for IoT Sensor Networks: Building Management Systems Case Study. We are seeking your feedback on this draft to help refine the challenge and scope. The comment period is open now and will close on Monday, March 18, 2019.
Spotlight on IoT in Building Management Systems
This project focuses on sensor networks — an integral part of many modern industries and critical infrastructure, including the electric grid, healthcare, environmental protection, and manufacturing. We will explore common components of sensor networks and the associated requirements for the secure functioning of a sensor network.
These are the goals of this project:
- Establish a security architecture to protect a building management system sensor network by using standards and best practices, including the communications channel/network used to transmit sensor data to the back-end building control systems (hosts) for processing
- Explore cybersecurity controls to promote the reliability, integrity, and availability of building management system sensor networks
- Exercise/test the cybersecurity controls of the building management system sensor network to verify that they mitigate the identified cybersecurity concerns/risks, and understand the performance implications of adding these controls to the building management system sensor network
We Want to Hear from You!
Read the project description and submit comments online by March 18, 2019. You can also help shape and contribute to this project by joining this Community of Interest. Send an email to sensor-security-nccoe@nist.gov detailing your interest.
We looking forward to hearing from you.
The IoT Sensor Network Team
