Cybersecurity

Your team is pasting specs, client emails, and project details into AI tools to work faster. It feels harmless — but those details can leave your firm’s control without anyone realizing it. Someone pastes a chunk of a spec into ChatGPT to summarize it. Someone drops in a client email to clean up the wording….

Fake Autodesk invoices, impersonated vendors, and wire fraud requests are aimed at small AEC offices specifically. Staff don’t recognize them because they look legitimate. The email looks normal. An Autodesk invoice that needs paying. A note from a consultant you work with, asking you to update their bank details. A quick message from the owner:…