Based on the results, “most of the industry is not prepared for a serious cyberattack,” the survey’s authors wrote.
These cyberattacks may not even have the AEC firm as the end goal. Stel Valavanis, the CEO of onShore Security, wrote recently on Construction Dive that contractors often act as the entry point through which hackers can strike at more lucrative targets — a builder’s clients.
“Construction companies may not think of themselves as likely victims, but from the perspective of cybercriminals, they are the weak point in the wall of defenses surrounding these high-value targets — which puts them squarely in the hacker’s crosshairs,” Valavanis wrote.
