Episode: Hidden Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities in Today’s Data Centers
Pub date: 2025-10-06
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In this episode, Scott Cargill, Partner of BW Design Group, joins Craig and Dino. Together they dissect the critical vulnerability gap in data center operational technology infrastructure.
While most data centers implement robust IT security protocols, their building management systems controlling cooling, power distribution, and environmental controls remain significantly under-protected.
Cargill provides technical analysis of how the rapid expansion of data center capacity for AI workloads has outpaced OT security implementation, creating exploitable attack vectors where minutes of system compromise could cascade into millions in equipment damage and service disruption.
Through evidence-based examination and industry insights, this episode offers CISOs and OT security professionals a practical framework for addressing the IT-OT security convergence challenge in mission-critical facilities.
They offer actionable strategies for vulnerability assessment, segmentation, and defense-in-depth implementation.
Chapters:
- 00:00:00 - Meet Scott Cargill of BW Design Group
- 00:02:30 - Data centers expanding for AI
- 00:04:40 - Critical BMS vulnerabilities being ignored
- 00:07:40 - Alarming OT security reality
- 00:09:40 - Why OT security remains deprioritized
- 00:12:10 - IT-OT security convergence challenges persist
- 00:16:35 - Manufacturing parallels to data centers
- 00:20:10 - Security solutions evolution underway
- 00:21:45 - Managed services necessity for OT
- 00:24:42 - Thought leadership driving industry standards
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- BW Design Group Cybersecurity
- Scott Cargill on LinkedIn
- Dino Busalachi on LinkedIn
- Craig Duckworth on LinkedIn
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