8–12 Jun 2026
Helsinki, Finland
Europe/Helsinki timezone

Your AI Blind Spot: The Attack Surface You Didn't Know You Had

10 Jun 2026, 16:25
5m
Concert Hall

Concert Hall

Speaker

Jakub Kwiatkowski (Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center)

Description

AI is already inside your network. The question is whether it is on your side. Research and education networks are deploying AI faster than they are securing it — monitoring tools, SOC automation, agentic network management systems — and these are being actively exploited. Not theoretically. Now. AI integrated into network operations is now a primary attack target — and most security teams have not updated their threat model to include it. The question to bring back to your team: "Where is AI making decisions in our infrastructure, and are we treating it as a security-critical component?"

What will the TNC audience take away from your talk?

Attendees will leave with a realisation that AI tools integrated into research and education networks represent an active and largely undefended attack surface. The practical takeaway is a single question to bring back to their team: "Where is AI making decisions in our infrastructure — and are we treating it as a security-critical component?"

Are you a first time speaker at TNC? Yes

Primary author

Jakub Kwiatkowski (Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center)

Presentation materials