Cyber Security Challenges in Construction

Today, one of the greatest business assets of any Company is in-formation: business secrets, customer data, business plans, internal knowledge about developments and projects. In-formation and the knowledge base based on it is one of the most important assets without which it is impossible to conduct business and remain competitive. Corporate information is an intellectual asset that is coveted by others: competing states and business rivals, and in extreme cases, criminal circles and terrorist organizations. Industrial espionage is an existing story. Security is an approach that is about nothing less than discipline. It is about discipline. For workers to comply, that discipline has to be written down, what exactly they have to comply with, they have to be held to account, because people do what they do not out of malice, but because we have not defined the rules. The IT systems in the construction sector are also undergoing significant development, responding to changes and developments in the outside world, in order to be competitive and effective in meeting organizational objectives and basic tasks. Responding to threats from cyberspace cannot be achieved on an ad-hoc basis by dealing with the consequences, but requires a strong focus on prevention. Therefore, strategic thinking is of utmost importance in the construction sector.