For enterprise organisations, cloud adoption is not a single moment in time. In an era of change characterized by geopolitical volatility and technological advancement, the nature and shape of an enterprise cloud strategy is – or should be – up for debate, subject to transformation.
Take data sovereignty, for example. Is it time to reconsider reliance on US hyperscalers when the residency and protection of geographically-sensitive data cannot be assured? If it is, what other public cloud services are worth considering? And how would adoption work in practice?
Meanwhile, the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is making new demands of compute, hardware, software and services. And it’s asking big questions of the business, too, from ethics and accuracy to environmental sustainability.
In short, it’s time to rethink cloud infrastructure.
To help you make sense of the present and the future – and to share best practice – Tech Monitor and AMD are inviting a select group of IT executives to a special evening of discussion and exploration. We’ll examine the changing cloud landscape and among the topics we’ll discuss:
- Data sovereignty and privacy
- The pros and cons of hyperscalers
- The adoption challenges of generative AI
- Sourcing large language models (LLMs)
- Data centre strategy and sustainability
- Data residency, compliance, and auditability
Do join us for what promises to be an evening of lively and insightful conversation, excellent food, and great company.
Agenda
6.30pm: Arrival, welcome and networking drinks
7pm: Three-course dinner with roundtable discussion
9pm: Dinner ends, optional further networking
10pm: Event ends
Organisations seeking productivity gains and game-changing innovation are not the only ones turning to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). For threat actors, too, the potential of GenAI is proving too tempting. Its adoption by cybercriminals is leading to faster and more sophisticated attacks at scale. These attacks are being used to exploit software and API vulnerabilities, help write malware and create more elaborate phishing campaigns.
According to Palo Alto’s Unit 42 response team, 86% of today’s cyberattacks cause direct business impact, while 70% of incidents span three or more attack services.
In this AI arms race, how should financial services organisations respond? And how do they do so when cyber budgets are being frozen, at best, and cut, at worst?
These two interlocking questions will form the heart of a specially-convened Tech Monitor / Palo Alto executive roundtable discussion. Bringing together senior IT and security leaders from across the financial services sector, we’ll explore the latest cybersecurity trends and intelligence, and share good practice. And in the spirt of an actionable event, we’ll leave attendees with a 5-step cybersecurity action plan.
Topics for discussion include:
- How to identify and combat GenAI-generated threats
- The challenge of Shadow AI
- The ongoing case for conventional cybersecurity tactics
- How to use AI to combat AI
- The renewed case for sustainable cyber budgets
- The impact of regulatory lag
- Calculating the true cost of a cyberattack
- Introducing Unit 42
Do join us for what promises to be and instructive and insightful evening.
Agenda
6.30pm: Arrival, welcome and networking drinks
7pm: Three-course dinner with roundtable discussion
9pm: Dinner ends, optional further networking
10pm: Event ends
