Harnessing AI: Strategies for Security Operations Effectiveness
June 18, 2024 | 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM ET
Virtual Summit
WHAT
From a constantly evolving threat landscape and expanding attack surface to a significant shortage of skilled professionals, many security teams face serious challenges. Today’s cybersecurity threats are more sophisticated and pervasive, and threat actors typically have plenty of time to achieve their objectives, particularly now with AI-driven tools at their disposal. With AI, threat actors have another “easy” button for carrying out attacks, and security practitioners must stay ahead of these adversaries and must do so faster than ever before.
Join Fortinet’s Security Operations Summit where experts, practitioners, and analysts dive into how organizations can fight back against today’s complex security challenges and AI-powered threats.
You’ll learn about:
Current and emerging trends and challenges in cybersecurity in the AI era
The use of AI-driven solutions and other technologies to enhance cybersecurity
How to invest in AI to build resilience through incident response and recovery
WHY
No matter the size of your team, you’ll come away from this summit with the insights, strategies, and tips needed to shift from a time-consuming “detect and respond” approach to a faster “detect, disrupt, investigate, and remediate” paradigm, all while using the latest technologies to help you stay ahead of the adversaries.
Whether it’s overcoming common SOC challenges, streamlining security operations, or implementing AI-driven prevention, detection, investigation, and response efforts, join us for keynotes, fireside chats, and more to level up your organization’s operations and risk mitigation strategy.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Michelle Abraham
Research Director
Dr. Stanley Barr
Senior Principal Scientist
Shawn Waldman
CEO
John Maddison
CMO and EVP Product Strategy
Derek Manky
Global VP Threat Intelligence
Peter Newton
Sr. Director of Product Marketing
AGENDA
18 June 2024,
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The Defenders’ Edge against New, Sophisticated AI-powered Attacks
11:45-12:10
AI is changing the attack game, helping attackers to “work smarter, not harder.” Join Derek Manky, Chief Security Strategist & Global Vice President of Threat Intelligence, FortiGuard Labs, for a deep dive into the dynamic AI-driven threat landscape, today’s attack trends, and attackers’ latest methods. Learn how by using available AI tools, defenders can implement effective defenses and practices while reducing operational costs.
Speakers
Derek Manky
Fortinet
SecOps Insights and Best Practices with Dr. Stanley Barr of MITRE Corporation
12:10-12:25
Join a discussion with Dr. Stanley Barr, a 30 year cybersecurity veteran at MITRE corporation. Dr. Barr will share his best-practice guidance for security operations large and small, as well as review various MITRE initiatives and resources that are extremely valuable to the success of any security organization.
Speakers
Kevin Faulkner
Fortinet
Dr. Stanley Barr
The MITRE Corporation
How to Fight Fire With Fire – Ai-Driven Prevention, Detection, Investigation, and Response
12:25-12:45
Join us for an engaging workshop that delves into the critical role of AI in boosting Extended Detection and Response (XDR) systems against sophisticated cyber threats. Our goal is to uncover how AI integration enhances automated security across diverse platforms. In this session we will:
Examine case studies on successful AI-driven EDR and XDR implementations.
Discuss best practices for leveraging AI in enhancing system robustness.
Speakers
Brook Chelmo
Fortinet
Using Innovation to Overcome SOC Challenges
12:45-13:00
We hear them time and again – I’m worried I don’t have total visibility, we can’t get to all the alerts, or we can’t hire enough staff. Challenges that scare a lot of businesses. How can technology help? Gain insight from one of Fortinet’s leading MSSP partners around tips to getting started, what kind of capabilities and technologies they look for, and how they’ve been able to leverage them to provide this vital service to hundreds of clients.
Speakers
Joel Boyd
Fortinet
Shawn Waldman
Secure Cyber Defense
Outsmart & Outpace Attackers: Strategies for Effective Security Operations
13:00-13:20
As FortiGuard Labs reports the attack surface doubling, it doubles security teams’ challenges: escalating threats, limited resources, and relentless time pressures. How can organizations maintain their edge without disrupting daily operations? This session reveals impactful strategies that unify threat response with AI and automation, crafted to detect anything, respond smarter, and scale seamlessly. Discover how to:
Keep pace with sophisticated attackers by simplifying and amplifying security without increasing complexity
Leverage ready-to-deploy automation and GenAI for timely and effective threat responses
Manage risks efficiently while maintaining agility and responsiveness
Speakers
Max Zeumer
Fortinet
Bridging the Gap Between Detection, Analysis, and Response Through AI
13:20-13:40
Increasingly complex networks ultimately give attackers more blind spots to hide their efforts. Join Michelle Abraham (Industry Analyst) and Chris Borales, as they discuss how AI-powered tools are used by security operations centers today to address the real-world use cases where AI is helping overcome SOC challenges like the cyber skills gap, an evolving threat landscape, and reducing alert fatigue.
Speakers
Chris Borales
Fortinet
Michelle Abraham
IDC
Hold Tight – GenAI Has Arrived
13:40-14:00
AI and its role at modernizing security operations continue to evolve. With the introduction of GenAI, not only does it play a role to advance the modern SOC but also a key role in the enterprise business at large. This session will review the current state and future directions of Fortinet GenAI for SecOps. We’ll also discuss the broader security implications of AI adoption in the enterprise — more data in the cloud, new attack surfaces to secure, new attacker techniques to detect – and how Fortinet can aid your overall defense.
Speakers
Kevin Faulkner
Fortinet
