AI-powered data centers are fast becoming the most valuable (and most targeted) assets in the enterprise.
With centralized AI models, customer data, and proprietary algorithms stored in these facilities, attackers are finding new ways to breach defenses, not just through networks, but through the airspace.
Wireless signals like cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and IoT protocols can be exploited for data exfiltration, rogue device access, and covert surveillance. Recent exploits such as the Nearest Neighbor attack show how invisible threats are becoming operational risks.
While traditional security tools focus on networks, endpoints, and physical access, a major blind spot remains: the wireless and cellular activity happening inside and around your facilities.
Join experts from ZBeta, Hanwha and Bastille Networks, for a practical discussion on how operators can gain continuous visibility into the signals, devices, and airspace activity that traditional security systems miss.
This session will explore how unauthorized wireless devices, rogue hotspots, embedded modems, and other hidden RF activity can introduce risk to AI infrastructure, and what proactive steps organizations can take to detect, monitor, and prevent them.
Topics Covered
- Why AI data centers introduce new wireless and cellular security challenges
- How to identify unauthorized or unknown devices in sensitive spaces
- Where RF and airspace monitoring fits into your existing security architecture
- How industry leaders are strengthening security through layered visibility
Speakers
Brett Walkenhorst
CTO, Bastille Networks
Dr. Walkenhorst is the CTO of Bastille where he leads R&D efforts to enhance product performance and add new capabilities. He has over 20 years of experience as a technology leader in RF systems and signal processing. Prior to Bastille, he led and executed R&D efforts at Lucent Bell Labs, GTRI, NSI-MI Technologies, Silvus Technologies, and Raytheon Technologies. His experience includes RF system design, communications systems, antenna design/testing, radar, software-defined radios, geolocation, and related topics. He has authored over 70 publications including papers, articles, and reports, has taught numerous graduate, undergraduate, and professional short courses, and has served as an expert witness on multiple occasions. He is a senior member of IEEE and has served as the Chair of the Atlanta Chapter of the IEEE Communications Society.
Allen DiGerolami
Business Development Data Centers, Hanwha Vision America
Allen is a 25 year IT professional with 15 years in data center security, including 7 years at Hanwha Vision providing security surveillance solutions for data centers. He is BDM Data Centers at Hanwha Vision America, based in Mesa, AZ.
Jeff Kernohan
Principal Consultant, CPP, ZBeta
Jeff has over 20 years of delivering comprehensive security services that have aided a broad range of clients — including diverse federal agencies, museums, religious institutions, and high-net-worth individuals — in protecting people and property. Jeff brings his expertise in security consulting, threat and risk assessment, and project management as well as integrated engineering, technology, and design services to his role as Principal Consultant. As an avid woodworker, you can find Jeff in his off work hours in his workshop building furniture for his home.