BIM-enabled facilities management (FM): a scrutiny of risks resulting from cyber attacks
Ghadiminia, Nikdokht and Mayouf, Mohammad and Cox, Sharon and Krasniewicz, Jan (2021) BIM-enabled facilities management (FM): a scrutiny of risks resulting from cyber attacks. Journal of Facilities Management. ISSN 1472-5967
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Abstract
Purpose
Building information modelling (BIM) creates a golden thread of information of the facility, which proves useful to those with the malicious intent of breaching the security of the facility. A cyber-attack incurs adverse implications for the facility and its managing organisation. Hence, this paper aims to unravel the impact of a cybersecurity breach, by developing a BIM-facilities management (FM) cybersecurity-risk-matrix to portray what a cybersecurity attack means for various working areas of FM.
Design/methodology/approach
This study commenced with exploring cybersecurity within various stages of a BIM project. This showcased a heightened risk of cybersecurity at the post-occupancy phase. Hence, thematic analysis of two main domains of BIM-FM and cybersecurity in the built environment led to the development of a matrix that illustrated the impact of a cybersecurity attack on a BIM-FM organisation.
Findings
Findings show that the existing approaches to the management of cybersecurity in BIM-FM are technology-dependent, resulting in an over-reliance on technology and a lack of cybersecurity awareness of aspects related to people and processes. This study sheds light on the criticality of cyber-risk at the post-occupancy phase, highlighting the FM areas which will be compromised as a result of a cyber-attack.
Originality/value
This study seeks to shift focus to the people and process aspects of cybersecurity in BIM-FM. Through discussing the interconnections between the physical and digital assets of a built facility, this study develops a cyber-risk matrix, which acts as a foundation for empirical investigations of the matter in future research.
| Item Type: | Article | ||||||
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| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1108/JFM-01-2021-0001 | ||||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | BIM, FM, cybersecurity, risks, threats, cyber-awareness | ||||||
| Subjects: | CAH13 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01-02 - building | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > School of Engineering and the Built Environment > School of Built Environment | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Mohammad Mayouf | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jun 2021 14:29 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2023 12:15 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/11869 |
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