The Hidden AI Attack Surface: How GenAI Tools Expand Data Exposure Risk

As AI adoption accelerates, 93% of companies are already using or planning to use AI, security teams are confronting a new and rapidly expanding attack surface. Employees now feed sensitive data into tools like ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and internal AI assistants, often without guardrails. This session breaks down how AI tools create new pathways for data exposure, privilege escalation, accidental data sharing, and unauthorized access. Attendees will learn how to identify hidden exposure risks, deploy Generative AI tools securely, and implement governance safeguards that reduce breach and compliance risk without slowing innovation.

Speakers: 
Opper, Sr Solutions Engineering Leader, Lightbeam
Opper is a senior solutions engineering leader with deep expertise in data security, governance, and access control across cloud and hybrid environments. He works closely with security and IT leaders to help them understand where sensitive data lives, who can access it, and how to reduce risk without disrupting the business. Known for his practical, real-world approach, Opper bridges technical depth and executive strategy to deliver measurable security outcomes.

Wes Kennedy, Sr Product Marketing Manager, Lightbeam
Wes Kennedy is Senior Product Marketing Manager at Lightbeam, where he leads go-to-market strategy and builds content that translates complex infrastructure, AI, and data security technologies into clear customer value. With a background that spans virtualization administration, sales engineering, and principal technical marketing roles, Wes has helped bring to market solutions across data security, hyperconverged infrastructure, cloud-native data platforms, and distributed databases. When he’s not talking about data security and AI, Wes is usually in the shop woodworking, tackling a house project, or out in the garden. He lives in the Columbus, Ohio area with his family.