February 2024 news

February 29, 2024

Conference & Event News
Realcomm | IBcon 2024

June 20 - 21

Realcomm is the premier industry event focused on automated business solutions and state-of-the-art enterprise technologies for the commercial and corporate real estate industry. IBcon is recognized as the world's leading event on the next generation of smart, connected, high-performance, net-zero, sustainable, intelligent buildings. Learn More here.

B3075/B3076 – CIMETRICS B/IP TO B/IP BNSDS

The B3075 is a second-generation BACnet/IP to BACnet/IP router that enables BACnet communication between two physically separate IP networks (Private network and the Customer’s IT network).

It is designed to meet the requirements of demanding customers with a large number of BACnet/IP devices. It includes new management, diagnostics, and remote message logging functionality that can be selectively enabled. Based on the Cimetrics BACstacTM, this standalone router can reliably process a high volume of network traffic. Learn more

Monday Live - Uncovering the New Normal in Smart Building
Mondays at 3:00pm - 4:00pm EST

Check out past shows for a live weekly open conversation with industry leaders including Cimetrics CEO Jim Lee to help us get through the pandemic and prepare for a new normal in commercial buildings post-COVID.

This month we discussed:

significant scope and breadth of Operational technology

What are the attributes of well-operated buildings?

how different types of buildings are operated

OT in different types of buildings

Watch all the latest talk, or r egister here for next Monday Live! #MondayLive

Cybersecurity News February

NIST updates Cybersecurity Framework, New SEC Cybersecurity Disclosure Rule, Cloud intrusions spiked 75% in 2023 and more...

Laboratory Cleanroom Facility achieves $1.1M in annual energy savings and 3,200 Mtons of Carbon Reduction utilizing Analytika.

The main objectives of this Analytika program were to achieve energy cost reduction, reduce carbon emissions, improve efficiency, increase reliability, support compliance reporting, enhance preventative maintenance, prioritize O&M efforts, and improve comfort while maintaining environmental safety ventilation requirements. Learn more

BACnet International Announcing the Alpha Release of BACCARI

A certificate authority reference implementation tool for Cybersecurity Acceleration Program Participants

Atlanta, GA – February 6^th, 2024 – BACnet International is proud to announce the alpha release of BACCARI – The BACnet Certificate Authority Reference Implementation Tool, now available to all registered participants of the Cybersecurity Acceleration Program. This project is an example implementation of a Certificate Authority for BACnet. It builds and processes files using the CARI file format, as proposed in 135-2020 Addendum cs, out for public review. The zip file format conveys BACnet/SC CSRs to a certificate authority and returns the signed operating certificates. This tool will become the industry’s standard for certificate authority implementation.

Currently, this project is at the ALPHA stage. The user-interface is not in the final style, but is functional. The beta version will be scheduled for later in the year. Learn more