I.T. SECURITY POLICY

BACnet itself is a living standard undergoing constant growth and revision under the auspices of ASHRAE Standing Standard Project Committee (SSPC) 135. This committee is made up of building control industry vendors, BCS users, academics and government representatives. The BACnet standard has been designed specifically to meet the com- munication needs of building automation and control systems for applications such as heating, ventilation, air conditioning control, lighting control, access control, and fire detection systems. In early 2001 the Network Security Working Group (NS-WG) was formed in response to concerns over access controls on life safety objects. It was soon...