--- title: Managing cyber-physical risk in smart buildings | daily.dev description: Smart buildings increasingly integrate building management systems, HVAC, access control, CCTV, and energy infrastructure over shared networks, expanding the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/managing-cyber-physical-risk-in-smart-buildings-tsdaolyhq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Managing cyber-physical risk in smart buildings | daily.dev og:description: Smart buildings increasingly integrate building management systems, HVAC, access control, CCTV, and energy infrastructure over shared networks, expanding the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/managing-cyber-physical-risk-in-smart-buildings-tsdaolyhq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TsdaOLYHq.png og:image:alt: Managing cyber-physical risk in smart buildings og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Managing cyber-physical risk in smart buildings **[IT Security Guru](https://daily.dev/sources/itsecurityguru)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Smart buildings increasingly integrate building management systems, HVAC, access control, CCTV, and energy infrastructure over shared networks, expanding the cyber attack surface beyond data theft to physical and operational disruption. A compromised building management system can manipulate temperatures, disable environmental alerts, and cause equipment outages. Key risks include OT devices outside conventional IT security reviews, poor lifecycle management, and third-party vendors with privileged remote access — with UK government data showing only 14% of businesses formally review supplier cybersecurity risks. Recommended mitigations include network segmentation, strong identity controls, continuous monitoring, and a complete asset inventory. Critically, facilities, IT, and physical security teams must adopt shared governance frameworks rather than siloed ownership models to maintain operational resilience. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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