On Today’s Cover of the New York Times: “WikiLeaks Releases Trove of Alleged C.I.A. Hacking Documents”
…”The documents amount to a detailed, highly technical catalog of tools. They include instructions for compromising a wide range of common computer tools for use in spying: the online calling service Skype; Wi-Fi networks; documents in PDF format; and even commercial antivirus programs of the kind used by millions of people to project their computers. …Wrecking Crew explains how to crash a target computer, and another tells how to steal passwords….”
Despite individual opinion on Wikileaks, or the CIA, cyberweapons are real. Regardless of who is actually using them, they pose a real threat to Corporations, Small Businesses, Financial Institutions, and Real Estate Owners. The truth is, your Real Estate Assets can be hacked – and your Real Estate Assets’ Infrastructure is the doorway for this possibility. If you’ve ever experience Ransomware in your office then you know the headache and overhead involved in such a loss. It feels imposing and unsettling – you know the feeling you get when your car get’s broken into. If you’re lucky and planned ahead, you have both Auto and Renters insurance so you can actually recover for the stolen backpack too.
As a Real Estate Manager, these potential threats can also raises flags that make you want to call your Insurance Broker and your Attorney and your IT Director, all at the same time! Now this is where your Backbone Infrastructure Security Monitoring comes into play.
Your building is already smarter thank you think – Let Infralinc’s Smart Building System help you become aware of those back-door, vulnerable points of entry so that you can remain smarter than your building. You’ll be glad you did!