Security; Background Information; What This Means To You - Acuity Brands Lighting Pathway VIA 12 Series User Manual

SECURITY

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

On January 1, 2020, California will be the first state to enforce cybersecurity and IoT related legislation. Oregon, New
York and Massachusetts are following suit. California's law is Title 1.81.26 "Security of Connected Devices" and mandates
that we equip our products with security features that are appropriate to the nature and function of the device. By law,
this encompasses all products that are assigned Internet Protocol addresses which can connect to the Internet directly or
indirectly. Pathway Connectivity, a division of Acuity Brands, will only ship compliant devices regardless of the jurisdiction into
which they are sold.
The law requires us to either supply a unique password for our products (see Local Security below) or requires the users
to change the password before being able to use it (See Creating a Security Domain below). With Pathscape V3, we
provide features that protect our products from unauthorized access or use by enforcing passwords. Furthermore, Pathway
Connectivity does not collect or store personal information on our devices.

WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU

1. When using products shipped after January 1, 2020, Pathscape will require a single password to allow configuration of
all the devices on your network.
2. Products shipped before January 1, 2020 will continue to function without passwords using either Pathscape 2 or
Pathscape 3.
3. All products shipped after January 1, 2020 may only be configured using Pathscape 3.
4. Products shipped after January 1, 2020 cannot be downgraded to earlier password-free firmware.
5. Products that are fully configurable from the front panel can create their own unique password. Only with network
configured products will you need to type a password; one password for all devices on the network.
6. You will be encouraged to print or save a recovery key in case you lose the password.
7. If you lose the password and lose the recovery key, you will manually have to factory default each device on the network.
See the resource section of the Pathway website for a comprehensive document describing how to manually factory
default all our devices.
8. The complete network configuration may be saved without a password before factory defaulting devices. Applying the
saved configuration will require a new password to be set for the network.
9. Configuring our devices to receive unsecured protocols such as sACN and ArtNet will require you to accept the risks. See
WARNING BOX regarding unsecured protocols below.
10. Pathway does not store personal information such as names or email addresses on our devices.
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