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