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As financial institutions navigate an era defined by AI-driven change, evolving regulation, and increasingly complex threats, this panel explores the hopes, expectations, and fears of security leaders as they look ahead to 2026.

Key discussion points include:

• The evolving role of GenAI in cybersecurity and its influence on threat detection
• Identity, social engineering, and the rise of behavioural anomaly detection
• Balancing risk, regulation, and reputation across financial services
• Defining best practice for modern security operations

Moderator: Jon Bernstein, Freelance Writer, Moderator and Digital Media Consultant

• Key cyber resilience outputs from the FCA in 2025 and what they mean for the financial sector
• The growing importance of collective action to strengthen sector-wide resilience
• Emerging technologies reshaping the cyber landscape, including AI and quantum
• The evolving role of boards in cyber oversight, accountability, and resilience governance

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• Centralizing GenAI governance through LLM Gateways for policy compliance
• Simplified integration with a unified API for various LLM providers
• Implementing guardrails to filter PII and toxic content for responsible AI use
• Monitoring techniques for real-time AI usage tracking and cost optimization
• Balancing innovation and control as demonstrated by case studies in financial institutions

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