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BACnet International announced the next phase of BACnet cybersecurity, the Cybersecurity Acceleration Program. Designed for manufacturers, the Cybersecurity Acceleration Program aims to reduce the cybersecurity implementation learning curve and align product development with industry direction on interoperability and best practices.
Program Overview
The previously announced BACnet/SC Interoperability Acceleration Program helped suppliers jumpstart BACnet/SC product development. BACnet International’s new Cybersecurity Acceleration Program is designed to help suppliers efficiently generate, exchange, and manage these files, significantly simplifying system integration by delivering a new reference implementation and tools for creating or validating Certificate Signing Requests in an industry-standard, machine-readable format.
The program intends to provide a complete Certificate Authority reference implementation and a sister tool (BACCARI) that can generate and validate Certificate Signing Request files and package them into an interoperable file format for the Certificate Authority. Additionally, all program participants will have access to cybersecurity implementation webinars and an interactive, peer-to-peer forum led by experts in BACnet and cybersecurity.
Participation in the program is intended to help suppliers ensure their certificate management tools are interoperable with tools from other suppliers, keeping integration costs down. The program is also designed to shorten the learning curve for manufacturers who need cybersecurity implementation experts on staff and help ensure their products are ready for whatever comes next in building automation cybersecurity.
The program includes reference implementation and source code components including:
Certificate Authority (CA) server
Certificate Signing Request (CSR) generation and validation tool
Machine readable, interoperable certificate file format
Additional program features include:
Cybersecurity implementation webinars
Early tool release with full source code license
Expert moderated developer’s forum
Manufacturer’s cybersecurity guidelines document development
Access to the BRITE Test Environment
See ARC Advisory Group’s webpage for further information on Building Automation Systems and industrial cybersecurity.