Friday, 13th February 2026
Attackers Have AI Too: Building Defense at Machine Speed
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM IST | Sofitel, Mumbai
Event Overview
Adversaries today are leveraging artificial intelligence to accelerate reconnaissance, execute deepfake-enabled social engineering attacks and chain exploits faster than traditional defenses can respond. For CISOs, the imperative is clear: adapt security operations to defend at machine speed.
This roundtable discussion will examine how defenders can harness AI to detect threats at scale, reduce alert fatigue, accelerate investigations and enable safer automation, without sacrificing control or introducing new risks – while keeping governance at the core.
Mandy Andress, CISO at Elastic, will share her perspective on navigating this evolving landscape. This is an opportunity for attendees to share challenges, pressure-test strategies and shape a pragmatic AI security road map grounded in operational reality.
DISCUSSION POINTS
- Which AI-accelerated attack vector poses the greatest risk to your organization in the next 12 months?
- Where is your SOC most overwhelmed: alert overload, investigation bottlenecks, or response coordination gaps
- Which security workflows are ready for AI augmentation versus full automation, and what criteria define that boundary?
- How do you establish trust in AI-driven security outputs?
- How are you measuring AI’s impact: MTTR, analyst efficiency, false positives, coverage, risk reduction?
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Yamini Kalra
Senior Associate Editor
ISMG (Moderator)
Mandy Andress
CISO
Elastic
Ravindra V
Security Architect
AWS
Speakers
Join your peers and thought-leaders, Mandy Andress from Elastic and Ravindra V from AWS, with Yamini Kalra for an insightful discussion on Attackers Have AI Too: Building Defense at Machine Speed.
This session will be:
- Chatham house rules
- Peer driven
- Pitch free
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Venue
Sofitel, Mumbai
C 57, G Block BKC, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400098
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.