Pain points
Armed with a huge network and various high-tech systems, modern apartments are regarded as the most popular future living spaces in the world. According to Eurostat, as of 2019, 46.1% of residents in the European Union lived in apartments, with Spain (65%), Switzerland (62%), Greece (59%), Germany (56%) and Italy (53%). This means more than half of the total population lives in apartments. In the United States, where the proportion of single-family homes is 70%, the proportion of apartments in large cities such as New York is as high as 24%. According to the results of the '2020 Housing Status Survey' by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the apartment occupancy rate among all households in Korea was 51.1% as of 2019. As the proportion of apartment dwellers increases, various security breaches are also increasing. In particular, due to the nature of apartments that share a common network and system such as CCTV and parking systems, hacking of one household can spread to the entire complex, requiring substantial intervention.
- Smart home cyber attacks on the rise
Although large apartment complexes boast a network size comparable to that of corporate networks, they are easy targets for cyberattacks because they do not distinguish between strong authentication and access rights in the way corporate networks do. According to one study, a whopping 12,000 cyber-attacks were carried out on a single smart home system in a week, most of which were malicious approaches targeting routers, wireless cameras, printers, etc. In Korea, as it was confirmed that private videos recorded on the wall pad are being sold through the dark web as a result of malicious access by hackers through devices with a relatively weak user authentication process, countermeasures against cyber threats are required.
- Compliance issues in accordance with relevant laws
Numerous cyber threats such as deep fakes, phishing attacks, malware, and ransomware are now not only hacking home network security cameras, threats to common spaces, door locks, and temperature control systems to infiltrate private residential space are also an issue. Unauthorized access and intrusion are also potential risk factors, and as a result new laws are emerging. In Europe, the focus is mainly on the imposition of manufacturers' security obligations such as the ban on basic passwords on smart devices and equipment, while in Asian countries including Korea, structural solutions such as the application of encryption technology are being actively discussed.
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