Thursday, November 20th 2025
Securing the Agentic Era: AI, Commerce, and Resilience in Financial Services
11:00 -12:30 PM CET | EMEA
Event Overview
Security leaders are facing a new class of complexity. AI agents are beginning to transact, interact, and make decisions across digital ecosystems – transforming how identity, trust, and
fraud risks emerge. As agentic commerce takes shape, threat actors are probing weaknesses in automation pipelines, data exposure points, and AI model integrity.
At the same time, familiar threats are accelerating. DDoS attacks, API abuse, and dependency on external providers continue to test the limits of resilience. The convergence of AI-driven automation with critical financial infrastructure is forcing CISOs to rethink how visibility, control, and recovery operate across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Among the discussion topics:
- AI Security and Control: Gaining visibility and enforcing guardrails around AI models,
data access, and autonomous decision-making. - Resilience Under Pressure: Ensuring continuity across DNS, application, and network
layers amid AI-driven and hyper-volumetric threats. - Adaptive Defence: Building agile security architectures and governance that can evolve
with rapid AI adoption and regulatory change.
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Moderator
Anna Delaney
Executive Director , Productions
ISMG
Farooq Sheikh
VP, Global Head of Industries
Cloudflare
Speakers
This closed-door discussion brings together CISOs, CTOs, and senior security strategists to confront the operational realities of securing an intelligent, distributed enterprise. The goal: to separate the hype from the urgent – and define what practical defence looks like when humans
and AI share the same attack surface
This session will be:
- Chatham house rule
- Peer driven
- Pitch free
Subject matter expert
Robert Willis
Executive Vice President of Global Cyber Operations
Deepwatch
Robert Willis is the EVP of Global Cyber Operations at Deepwatch. Robert is a visionary global cybersecurity executive with over 20 years of experience in fortifying the defences of enterprises against threats and vulnerabilities, boosting the effectiveness of security operations, and inspiring teams to innovate, collaborate, and deliver service excellence. His diverse experience ranges from building out and leading global security practices within IT consultancies to advancing enterprise security operations and programs within multinational corporations.
Subject matter expert
Dennen Monks
Field Tech Strategist
CrowdStrike
Monks has 20 years of cybersecurity experience across network, data, cloud and applications. He helps
companies achieve streamlined operational states across people, process and technology. Monks
previously spent 10 years in professional services, five years at Skyhigh Networks in sales engineering,
and served as lead solution architect at Bionic.
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Venue
Smith and Wollensky
318 N State St, Chicago, IL 60654
Underwritten by
Cloudflare is a connectivity cloud company that delivers a full-featured, unified platform of cloud-native products and developer tools. Cloudflare’s global network spans over 120 countries, and its services include cloud cybersecurity, DDoS mitigation, and ICANN-accredited domain registration.
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- These events follow Chatham House Rule. Nothing shared will be recorded or distributed anywhere online.
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