Session Profile
Return on Advance Intelligence: Staying Ahead of The Rewards and Risks of Transformative Technologies
Overview
| Track: | Cyber / Physical Security |
| Location: | 104 |
| Date: | 6/3/2025 |
| Time: | 5:15 pm - 6:00 pm |
Description
While investments in AI, smart building systems, and immersive digital tools can deliver measurable gains in efficiency, user experience, and sustainability, owners and operators also need access to the latest verified threat intelligence to assess risks posed by bad actors, and the tools to defend those investments. As both the range of threats (cyber and physical) and the vectors of exploitation continue to grow, how can owners and operators cost-effectively protect building operations as well as tenant safety and security? In this session, a panel of cybersecurity and real estate technology experts will outline the current threat landscape facing real estate - from nation-state actors to ransomware criminals - and offer practical recommendations to help building owners mitigate risk without sacrificing returns.
Participants
Moderator:
Speakers:
Greg Fitzpatrick is the Business Development Leader for IoT and Integration at Cochrane Supply and Engineering, where he supports end users, consulting engineers and systems integrators in the area of IoT, Integration and Enterprise Software. With over 25 years in the Building Systems and Controls business, he helps clients match new technology for Smart Buildings through specification writing, technology presentations and design assistance. Greg is also Executive Director for the Real Estate Cyber Consortium (RECC) focused on promoting cyber security awareness for operational technology.
Ken Kurz brings over 20 years of leadership and operational experience in cybersecurity, network technologies, information systems, risk mitigation and remediation, and technical project management to COPT. Supporting COPT as CIO since 2016, he has prior experience as the CISO for the University of Delaware, CISO for the University of Oklahoma, and CIO for the US Naval Academy Alumni Association & Foundation. He has also held various technical and leadership positions within the Department of Defense.
Tim Vogel is Vice President of Connected Solutions at KMC Controls, leading the vision and execution of cloud connected, cyber resilient building automation platforms such as KMC Commander and KMC Dome. Since 2016, he’s driven global OT/IT channel strategies and partnerships across IoT, energy, and PropTech verticals. As an advisor to the non-profit Building Cyber Security, Tim drives discussion and promotion of cyber resiliency frameworks for critical infrastructure.