As smart buildings become more connected, the need for a smart building cybersecurity solution grows. Industry 4.0 has driven the convergence of IT and OT environments, integrating IoT devices, AI, and automation into building management. While these innovations enhance operational efficiency and safety, they also introduce significant cybersecurity risks.
Smart buildings rely on real-time data to manage HVAC systems, lighting, security cameras, and access control—but each connected device also opens the door to potential cyber threats. A robust smart building cybersecurity solution is crucial to safeguarding against unauthorized access and ensuring operational continuity.
Complete Visibility with Smart Building CyberSecurity
One of the biggest cybersecurity challenges in modern buildings is lack of visibility into connected devices. Sepio addresses this issue by delivering unparalleled asset intelligence through Layer 1 visibility.
Using advanced hardware fingerprinting technology and a proprietary machine learning algorithm, Sepio identifies all IT, OT, and IoT assets, whether managed, unmanaged, or hidden. This real-time asset discovery helps organizations establish an accurate hardware inventory, which seamlessly integrates with their Configuration Management Database (CMDB) for automated asset management.
With complete asset visibility, enterprises can detect unauthorized hardware, enforce security policies, and mitigate risks before they impact operations
Zero Trust Hardware Access for Smart Building Cybersecurity
Leveraging Layer 1 visibility enables Sepio to safeguard network integrity by offering greater control over all hardware assets through its Hardware Access Control feature. The system administrator defines a set of hardware access policies for the system to enforce based on a device’s digital fingerprint and associated risk, further enhancing smart building cybersecurity.
This Zero Trust Hardware Access (ZTHA) approach enables comprehensive access control of hardware assets, including non 802.1x compliant devices. When a device breaches the pre-defined rules or gets identified as malicious by the internal threat intelligence database, Sepio immediately initiates an automated mitigation process to block the device through integrated third-party tools. The Rogue Device Mitigation feature protects the entire network from potentially perilous hardware based attacks that threaten the functionality of smart buildings.
Visibility and Security of Hardware Assets
Complete Visibility of all Hardware Assets: With all devices and anomalies detected, enterprises benefit from a greater overall cybersecurity posture. Gaining full visibility of all hardware devices from endpoint peripherals to connected devices (IT/OT/IoT), Sepio uses unique physical layer hardware fingerprinting technology and data augmentation from endpoints and networks.
Full Control Through Predefined Policies: Enterprise-wide policies enable compliance, regulation and best practices. With predefined templates and no baselining or whitelisting. And no requirement for a clean environment start, Sepio provides a fast and easy setup, essential for maintaining smart building cybersecurity.
Rogue Device Mitigation (RDM): Threat mitigation upon discovery of rogue or threatening devices. Integrations with existing security platforms such as NACs and SOARs for mitigation and remediation enhancements.
Protect Your Smart Building with Sepio’s Cybersecurity Solution
- Eliminate security gaps with complete hardware asset visibility.
- Enforce Zero Trust policies for all connected devices.
- Prevent hardware-based attacks with real-time threat mitigation.
Talk to an expert. It will help you understand how to use Sepio’s patented technology to gain control of your asset risks.
Read the Smart Building Cybersecurity (pdf)