Agenda

In this keynote, Itai Tevet puts the focus on the real world—how security teams can realistically use artificial intelligence to do more with less. Generative AI isn’t a magical solution, but as one part of a smart cybersecurity strategy, advanced AI models are already proving to be an affordable way to reduce risk, alleviate bottlenecks, and uncover hidden threats.

Learn about use cases for new AI tools, along with strategies and tips for modernizing your SOC and automating more processes. This session offers a realistic perspective by showing how innovative teams have deployed AI-driven alert triage processes in their SOC, with practical examples for endpoint, SIEM, and reported phishing alerts.

Wanting to accelerate your threat hunting? Learn how Splunk AI can be the catalyst. Join us to learn how to leverage the PEAK threat hunting framework and Splunk AI to find malware dictionary-DGA domains.

We’ll introduce the PEAK framework, walk through the hunt step-by-step, and demonstrate how to turn a successful hunt into automated detection. Join this session to learn how PEAK and Splunk AI can help you:

• Learn the basics of the PEAK threat hunting framework developed by Splunk’s SURGe security research team
• Understand the power Splunk AI can bring to your threat hunts
• See how to create automated detections from your successful hunts

Join this risk-and-compliance-crossover session to learn how to navigate the complexities of AI risk and create a secure environment for innovation. While AI is often seen for its tremendous benefits or doomsday scenarios, attorneys and regulators actually advocate for a balanced approach that treats AI risk like any other risk assessment—considering priorities, efficiencies, security, and more. This session will examine AI risk from legal, regulatory, technical, and cultural perspectives, offering strategies to balance these without hindering AI-driven advancements. We all aim to be the “first out of the gate” in AI, but we must get there safely.

Join a thoughtful discussion on balancing AI innovation, ethical data use, efficient data governance and secure cyber governance practices. Gain insights on the risks, challenges and responsibilities of managing AI technologies with ethical and regulatory frameworks while exploring the integration with cybersecurity.

AI exploded onto the scene late in the spring of 2023. Suddenly, people were losing their jobs, minds, and composure. It was like something out of a sci-fi novel. Surely robots would take over and enslave humans.

A year has passed and we’re all still here and mostly still employed. We’ve heard some interesting truths about AI over the year. This panel is going to focus on facts. Join our experts as we dive into some of the myths around corporate / organizational use of AI. We’ll talk about the current threats around this new technology and give insights on what’s next.

Bring your questions, as well!

In this presentation, we address the critical challenge of defending electoral processes against targeted campaigns, elections and social engineering tactics. As elections increasingly become targets for cyber interference, safeguarding against these threats is paramount. We examine how campaigns and elections are targeted by malicious actors, aiming to disrupt democratic practices and sway voter sentiment.

Through case studies and real-world examples, we illustrate the impact of social engineering on constituents, highlighting how misinformation and manipulation tactics can influence voter behavior and swing election outcomes. We also discuss strategies to prevent and mitigate these threats, including robust cybersecurity measures, public awareness campaigns, and enhanced education on recognizing and combating social engineering tactics.

By understanding the tactics used by malicious actors and implementing proactive defenses, we can better protect the integrity of electoral processes and ensure that voters are empowered to make informed decisions. Join us as we explore practical steps to defend against targeted campaigns and safeguard the democratic process.

As AI continues to transform the way we live and work, it’s more important than ever to ensure that security measures keep pace with technological advancements. Human-centric security is a key approach that puts people at the center of security strategies, focusing on protecting individuals as well as the data and systems they use. In an AI-powered world, this approach becomes even more critical to ensure that technology is used for good and not exploited for malicious purposes.

Join us during this 45-minute breakout session and hear from Proofpoint’s Senior Director of Cybersecurity Strategy, Brian Reed, as he discusses:

• How AI is changing the security landscape
• The importance of putting people at the center of security strategies
• Strategies for protecting against human-targeted threats
• Best practices for developing and implementing human-centric security measures in an AI-powered world

The widespread adoption of generative AI meant increased productivity for employees, but also for bad actors. They can now create attacks at scale, with tools like ChatGPT enabling even petty criminals to create sophisticated attacks. And no surface is more vulnerable than your inboxes—not when generative AI can create email attacks void of the typos and grammatical errors that have become a key indicators of malicious activity.

So how do you defend against this threat? And what is the future of cybersecurity in this AI-powered world? Join this session to hear how generative AI is changing the threat landscape, what AI-generated attacks look like, and how you can use “good AI” to prevent “bad AI” from harming your organization.