BIM models can be turned into tools that help people pull off criminal acts, according to security experts
Government security specialists are becoming increasingly concerned that Building Information Modelling (BIM) is creating a ‘soft underbelly’ in buildings that could be exploited by terrorists and cyber criminals to create havoc in highly sensitive facilities.
Hugh Boyes from the Cyber Security Centre at Warwick University said: ‘We should be really worried about where our technology is taking us in terms of security’. He warned that the vulnerabilities being created by unsecured building engineering elements were as significant as weaknesses exploited by web hackers.
