Honeywell is accelerating the shift from automation to autonomy with its latest AI-integrated platforms for smart building management and industrial cybersecurity. The Connected Solutions platform consolidates HVAC, lighting, security, and energy systems into a unified dashboard powered by predictive AI, enabling real-time insights and remote diagnostics. For industrial sites, the Cyber Proactive Defense suite and OT Security Operations Center provide continuous, AI-enhanced cybersecurity with behavioral monitoring and adaptive threat response. Combined with the expanded Digital Prime ecosystem, Honeywell’s AI-first approach delivers scalable, intelligent tools that help facility managers and operators improve uptime, strengthen defenses, and drive proactive system optimization.
With AI growing daily, technology is now being developed to control buildings' HVAC, lighting, and even cybersecurity. Image used courtesy of Adobe Stock
Integrated AI to Meet Evolving Operational Demands
Honeywell’s newly released Connected Solutions platform reimagines building management with a cloud-based, AI-driven interface that consolidates core operational systems into one dashboard, from HVAC and lighting to security and energy management. Built on Honeywell Forge, the system enables facilities to make real-time decisions with predictive insight while minimizing manual intervention.
Connected Solutions is already demonstrating value for adopters like Verizon and Vanderbilt University. The platform reduces implementation time through AI-guided onboarding, allows predictive maintenance to anticipate equipment failure, and offers integrated remote diagnostics to lower labor costs and minimize downtime. With cybersecurity baked in through end-to-end encryption and threat detection, facilities can also ensure compliance and reduce cyber risk in critical infrastructure environments.
From Building Automation to Autonomous Infrastructure
On the industrial front, Honeywell is scaling its autonomy strategy with Cyber Proactive Defense and the OT Security Operations Center, two AI-augmented cybersecurity solutions tailored for operational environments. These platforms use behavioral analytics to identify anomalies, detect early signs of intrusions, and deploy deception technologies that divert attackers from critical assets without intrusive software layers.
The Cyber Proactive Defense suite allows facilities to offer a comprehensive view of modern cybersecurity threats as they evolve. Image used courtesy of Honeywell
This approach to security helps industrial operators detect and neutralize threats before they escalate into operational failures. The OT Security Operations Center operates 24/7/365, offering a comprehensive view into cyber threats. At the same time, the Cyber Proactive Defense suite continuously evaluates system baselines and automatically adjusts defenses as the threat landscape evolves.
Digital Prime Ecosystem Evolves with AI Insights
The expanded Honeywell Digital Prime Ecosystem now aggregates three enterprise-level support systems, such as SESP, Enabled Services, and Assurance 360, into a single AI-enhanced platform. Designed to assist engineering teams and plant operators in stress-testing control systems before live deployment, Digital Prime reduces downtime while increasing throughput and asset reliability.
By centralizing domain knowledge and converting it into real-time operational guidance, this platform allows organizations to achieve desired outcomes much faster and with less dependence on technical talent, which has become relatively hard to find. These tools align with Honeywell’s broader goal of transforming reactive maintenance into proactive optimization, while also trying to close the gap between field operations and efficiency targets.
Bridging Autonomy and Resilience with AI
Honeywell’s AI-first approach attempts to transition from automation vendor to autonomy partner. By tightly integrating control, energy, and security platforms across both commercial and industrial domains, Honeywell is delivering their customers scalable solutions designed for today’s complex manufacturing environments.
Whether streamlining building systems, defending against cyber threats, or optimizing industrial throughput, Honeywell’s new offerings are aimed at one outcome: enabling smarter, safer, and more autonomous infrastructure. With these tools now globally available and enterprise rollout scheduled through Q4 2025, the future of AI-driven operations is no longer theoretical. It’s already online.
