BACnet International is excited to announce its first Interoperable Security Management Webinar, part of the Cybersecurity Acceleration Program, to be held Wednesday, August 2nd from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm EST. This webinar is free and open to all registered attendees. Future webinars in this series are only open to registered participants of the program.

Designed for manufacturers, the Interoperable Security Management Webinar #1 will give attendees the opportunity to learn from vendors and end customers about the challenges and needs they encounter in building security management. This webinar will help provide the knowledge and tools to meet those needs. Participants are encouraged to submit their questions to the panelists during the webinar. If they are not answered during the webinar, they will be added to the program forum later.

The webinar panelists include Dave Robin, Program Technical Champion, Nate Benes, Director of Operational Technology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Carol Lomonaco, Senior Product Manager – Metasys at Johnson Controls.

To register for the webinar, visit: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1dvjuQV9TFOzKCjrZwArFQ#/registration

BACnet International’s Cybersecurity Acceleration Program aims to help manufacturers reduce their cybersecurity implementation learning curve and align their product development with industry direction on interoperability and best practices. The program includes reference implementation and source code components including a Certificate Authority (CA) server, Certificate Signing Request (CSR) generation and validation tool, and a machine readable, interoperable certificate file format.

Additional program features include an early tool release with full source code license, expert moderated developer’s forum and manufacturer’s cybersecurity guidelines document development. To register for the program, visit: https://bacnetinternational.org/cybersecurity/

About BACnet International:

BACnet International is an industry association that facilitates the successful use of the BACnet protocol in building automation and control systems through interoperability testing, educational programs and promotional activities. BACnet International oversees operation of the BACnet Testing Laboratories (BTL) and maintains a global listing of tested products database. The BACnet standard was developed by the American Society of Heating,

Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and has been made publicly available so that manufacturers can create interoperable systems of products. BACnet International complements the work of the ASHRAE standards committee and BACnet-related interest groups around the world. BACnet International members include building owners, consulting engineers and facility managers, as well as companies involved in the design, manufacture, installation, commissioning and maintenance of control equipment that use BACnet for communication.