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Data-center building-management systems communicating over insecure protocols (Claroty Team82 data-center report)

88%observed

Value kindobserved — Reported measurements, counts, and specifications keep the precision and scope stated by their source; an exact specification is not treated as a range.
ScopePopulation: more than 750,000 cyber-physical-system assets and core infrastructure across the world's largest data-center facilities in Team82's telemetry; the one-hop denominator is 174,577 data-center infrastructure assets. Studied facilities, not this campus's measured exposure.
As of2026-07-29
SourceClaroty Team82, State of CPS Security: Data Center Exposures, published 2026-07-29 (press release and report page); states 88% of BMS communicating over insecure protocols and 40% containing outdated firmware (66,395 BMS devices; 800 with known-exploited vulnerabilities), and more than 80% of OT control, power-monitoring and IoT systems on legacy protocols such as BACnet and Modbus. · Report BMS findings table.
Reviewchecking…review by 2027-03-08 · standard cadence
Recorded changeslast 2026-09-16
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