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This NexusCon 2025 presentation features Joe Gaspardone, COO of Montgomery Technologies, sharing real cybersecurity incidents he’s personally encountered while responding to failures inside commercial buildings. Instead of theory or headline-grabbing breaches, Joe walks through anonymized, real-world stories involving access control outages, BMS compromises, ransomware, Wi-Fi liability, elevators, and tenant-facing systems that failed in production.
These were buildings assumed to be “secure,” “air-gapped,” or “low risk”—until something broke. The focus is on what actually happened, how issues were discovered, and the decisions owners were forced to make under pressure.
Behind the paywall, Joe unpacks the consequences most teams underestimate: tenant loss, rent credits, legal exposure, management contract terminations, and six-figure recovery costs that far exceeded the original problem. He explains where common assumptions failed, why lack of monitoring amplified the damage, and how mundane gaps—like unmanaged thumb drives, forgotten servers, or unsecured Wi-Fi—triggered cascading failures.
This recording matters for any FM, OT leader, or owner who wants a grounded view of cyber risk in buildings—and clear signals on what to fix before learning the hard way.
Watch the full recording inside Nexus Pro →
This NexusCon 2025 presentation features Joe Gaspardone, COO of Montgomery Technologies, sharing real cybersecurity incidents he’s personally encountered while responding to failures inside commercial buildings. Instead of theory or headline-grabbing breaches, Joe walks through anonymized, real-world stories involving access control outages, BMS compromises, ransomware, Wi-Fi liability, elevators, and tenant-facing systems that failed in production.
These were buildings assumed to be “secure,” “air-gapped,” or “low risk”—until something broke. The focus is on what actually happened, how issues were discovered, and the decisions owners were forced to make under pressure.
Behind the paywall, Joe unpacks the consequences most teams underestimate: tenant loss, rent credits, legal exposure, management contract terminations, and six-figure recovery costs that far exceeded the original problem. He explains where common assumptions failed, why lack of monitoring amplified the damage, and how mundane gaps—like unmanaged thumb drives, forgotten servers, or unsecured Wi-Fi—triggered cascading failures.
This recording matters for any FM, OT leader, or owner who wants a grounded view of cyber risk in buildings—and clear signals on what to fix before learning the hard way.
Watch the full recording inside Nexus Pro →
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I agree.