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Cybersecurity News for Smart Buildings, Facility IT, and Facility Management Professionals. This is a free online service focused on gathering and presenting news on technologies, methodologies, and business issues related to cybersecurity in the built environments.

Analytics for your building

Our new case study how a hospital saves over a million dollars in annual energy costs while improving comfort, sustainability, and social responsibility in the community with Analytika service. Read More

BACnet news: BACnet/SC

With the increased likelihood of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, including buildings, it is increasingly important to secure automation networks. BACnet/SC provides the means to create secure communications connections between BA devices both across the cloud, and within facilities.

Jim Butler - our CTO and a BACnet IT Working Group convener will explain in this video what BACnet Secure Connect Is. You can also download his slidedeck here.

Product Spotlight
BACnet/IP to 4 pulse meters

Now it's easier than ever to reliably convert data from pulse meters to BACnet.

Cimetrics updated B6070 BACnet/IP to 4 Utility Meters interface is enclosed in a new DIN case that can be mounted standalone or on a DIN rail. Learn More

AHR Expo - January 14 - 16
A breakfast meeting to discuss BAS cybersecurity

Planning to go to AHR Expo next month? Join us for the Cybersecurity Summit at the Expo - The New Deal for Buildings is hosting a Cybersecurity Summit at the AHR Expo 19 in Atlanta WGCC (Room B310) on Monday, January 14, 2019 at 7 am WGCC (Room B310).

The Summit will bring together industry thought leaders to review the current status of cybersecurity in the BAS industry, discuss the impending release of BACnet/SC and other initiatives, and formulate an appropriate posture for the BAS industry in the security-conscious IT space.

What is New Deal for Buildings

Cybersecurity and Facility IT

There isn’t a day that goes by where cybersecurity isn’t in the news lately. From data breaches at large consumer-facing companies, DoS (Denial of Service) attacks on websites, political influence hacking, stories of personal credit exploits, as well as debates of future wars fought in cyberspace. The benefits we enjoy from our digital devices come at a cost; the risk that bad actors gain access to our increasing cyber footprint, with all of the perils that are implied. Read More

Industry news

By 2025, nearly 30 percent of data generated will be real-time, IDC says.
As global connectivity grows, allowing more data to be generated and collected, a growing portion of that data will be real-time information, according to IDC. By 2025, nearly 30 percent of the so-called "global datasphere" will be real-time information, IDC says in a new white paper. Read More

Cimetrics is proud to support National Clean Energy Week as an opportunity to participate in a discussions around commonsense solutions that directly address America's need for abundant, reliable forms of energy.

National Clean Energy Week is less than three weeks away! This series of events and communications from September 24-28 generates awareness to highlight how clean energy is driving economic growth, creating jobs, strengthening America’s national security, and preserving our environment. A number of key influencers including Acting EPA Administrator Wheeler and Governor Herbert of Utah are confirmed to speak at NCEW events. 

What is a National Clean Energy Week? Across America, clean and readily abundant forms of energy are powering more than homes and businesses. Taken together, our capacity for safe and reliable energy generation is driving a clean energy renaissance that is creating jobs, strengthening America’s national security, and preserving our environment. National Clean Energy Week was conceived in 2017 with the goal of advancing support of our nation’s energy sector through new methods of market development, policy change, and technological innovation. Join us in Washington, D.C. in September, or host an event in your hometown, to show your support of commonsense solutions that address America’s economic and energy needs in the 21st Century. Together, we will harness the power of free market and government collaboration to move America forward.

National Clean Energy Week, a non-partisan effort to highlight the benefits of clean energy led by national trade associations, business councils, and clean energy advocacy groups. Hundreds of organizations will participate through positive messaging and events across the country for policy makers, industry leaders, and concerned citizens to share and learn about the latest in clean energy.