THURSday, August 28th, 2025
CNAPP: Secure Gen AI and Cloud Innovation Without Slowing the Business
5:30pm – 8:00pm CT | Nashville, TN
Event Overview
AI and Zero Trust – these are two of the top strategic priorities for global security leaders, as they seek to enable secure and even accelerate cloud innovation. AI is the stage and Zero Trust is the safety net, allowing security to be rightfully perceived as a business enabler – not a blocker.
But how can security leaders gain the visibility they need across cloud assets, and then secure AI pipelines, data access and deployment? How can they protect new cloud-native architectures and implement Zero Trust across hybrid and multicloud environments? Each of these roads leads to a Cloud Native Application Protection Platform.
This roundtable discussion brings together top security leaders to discuss CNAPP as a differentiator in securing Gen AI and cloud innovation. Join Fortinet and your security peers to discuss:
- How does one measure AI and cloud security – and where is your enterprise in the journey?
- How are you accelerating innovation while staying on stop of security and compliance?
- Why do you think you need CNAPP – and how will you best leverage it?
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Moderator
Tom Field
SVP Editorial
ISMG
Ned Peterson
Cybersecurity Leader | Cloud Security |
CNAPP | SASE | GTM Strategy
Fortinet
Speakers
Guided by insights from Ned Peterson of event sponsor Fortinet, this session will delve into CNAPP as a differentiator in securing Gen AI and cloud innovation.
This session will be:
- Chatham house rules
- Peer driven
- Pitch free
Subject matter expert
Ned Peterson
Cybersecurity Leader | Cloud Security | CNAPP | SASE | GTM
Strategy
Fortinet
Ned Peterson is a seasoned cybersecurity sales leader with over 20 years of experience driving revenue growth, forging strategic C-level relationships, and leading digital security transformations across the South Central region. As Regional Sales Manager at Fortinet, he currently leads go-to-market efforts for Cloud Security and Unified SASE, helping enterprise organizations protect their digital assets and secure complex hybrid environments through industry-leading, integrated security solutions.
Before joining Fortinet, Ned spearheaded cloud-native security growth at Lacework, enabling customers to operationalize end-to-end CNAPP capabilities across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments. Earlier in his career at Gigamon, he played a critical role in scaling the Network Detection and Response (NDR) business, generating over $22 million in long-term revenue, refining GTM strategies, and supporting the company’s successful acquisition by Fortinet.
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Venue
The Palm Restaurant
140 5th Avenue South Nashville, TN 37201
Underwritten by
Fortinet makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey.
Rules of Engagement
By taking part in this discussion you agree that:
- These events follow Chatham House Rule. Nothing shared will be recorded or distributed anywhere online.
- If for any reason you need to cancel your reservation, we ask you to let us know 48 hours prior to the event commencing so we can open your seat up to someone else.
- These are interactive discussions, so we ask that all attendees participate in the discussion. If this is a virtual event, we ask all attendees to join via video.
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