Viewpoint | Creating Resilience
Protecting the Portfolio: Strengthening Building Resilience Against Next-Gen Cyber Threats
July 2, 2026 5 Minute Read
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Recent years have seen cybersecurity emerge as a fundamental component of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) as the severity of digital threats escalates beyond merely being an IT issue to become a significant corporate sustainability and oversight failure.
Data show cybersecurity threats and incidents involving commercial real estate in Asia Pacific are increasing, and recent cybersecurity-related facility shutdowns in the region underscore the severe real-world consequences of digital attacks targeting physical control systems and supply chains.
Despite growing awareness, most commercial real estate landlords in Asia Pacific are not prioritising cybersecurity in their portfolios. The deployment Internet of Things sensors and Building Management Systems for data collection and analysis often outpaces security implementations, creating potential physical and digital vulnerabilities.
The increasingly sophisticated nature of cyber threats may one day begin to impact owners' capacity to identify portfolio-wide vulnerabilities and secure their properties, potentially jeopardising both asset security and tenant operations.
This Viewpoint discusses the evolving cyber threat landscape and what’s next for building cybersecurity, and lays out approaches to help commercial real estate landlords strengthen cyber resilience and create an offering that is smart, sustainable and secure.
Contacts
Corrado Forcellati
Head of Singapore Consulting and Paia FROM CBRE, Singapore and Southeast Asia
