(CS)²AI Online™ Symposium: Smart Building Cybersecurity

About this event

Cybersecurity symposium focused on smart buildings and AI.

### Panel A: When Hackers Cross into the Physical World — Ransomware and Building Systems **Description:** Attackers are no longer content with stealing data. In 2026 they have hacked refrigeration systems across hundreds of grocery stores, causing spoiled food and fires. They have disrupted door access and HVAC at a hospital, and they have locked staff out of their own offices to force ransom payments. Building automation systems (BAS) control HVAC, access control, lighting, elevators and fire panels. Most of them run on protocols with no authentication, and they are rarely monitored. That makes them both leverage for extortion and a hidden way into corporate IT. This panel looks at how and why attackers target buildings, what a “physical consequence” attack looks like, and what owners, operators and integrators should do now. ### Presentation: Managing Smart Building Vendors: Practical Strategies to Reduce Cybersecurity and Operational Risk *** ### Panel B: Smarter Buildings, Smarter Attackers — AI, Regulation and Accountability **Description:** AI is entering building operations from both directions. Operators are deploying AI agents to optimize energy, comfort and maintenance. …

Organizer: San Diego Cyber Security for Control Systems. Listing source: Meetup. Listing checked Oct 27, 2026. Check the organizer’s page for current availability and any changes.