
Tuesday, MARCH 25th 2025
Securing the Future of AI for Financial Services
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM ET | New York, NY
Event Overview
AI is transforming financial services, offering unprecedented opportunities for secure growth and efficiency – from personalized customer experiences to automated operations.
However, realizing this potential demands unwavering trust, built on robust security from the outset. In the financial services industry, this is more critical than ever.
Join thought-leaders from Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks for an exclusive dinner to explore how to confidently harness the power of AI in your organization. Meet your peers, discuss practical use cases and learn from the experts. At this event, you and your peers will share and learn best practices for risk management and information governance, ensuring you navigate the financial industry landscape with confidence.
Among the discussion topics:
- Embed security early to accelerate AI adoption rather than hinder it.
- Manage shadow AI and preventing unauthorized AI use that could lead to data exposure.
- Scale AI securely while ensuring resilience, compliance and risk mitigation.
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Moderator

Chris Riotta
Executive Editor
ISMG

Joshua Haslett
Strategic Technology
Partner Manager
Google Cloud

Munish Khetrapal
VP Cloud Engagement
Palo Alto Networks
Speakers
Join ISMG for a moderated discussion that will feature insight from Joshua Haslett, Strategic Technology Partner Manager, Google Cloud; and Munish Khetrapal, VP Cloud Engagement, Palo Alto Networks. This 90-minute session will be:
This session will be:
- Chatham house rule
- Peer driven
- Pitch free

Subject matter expert
Munish Khetrapal
VP Cloud Engagement
Palo Alto Networks
Munish Khetrapal is the VP for Google at Palo Alto Networks. He is responsible for Cloud Engagement, driving the GTM, and building joint solutions that securely accelerate customer adoption of multi-cloud infrastructure. He has worked with Cisco as the Chief Growth Officer and CTO for Cisco’s Global Public Sector business.
He has also run solution specialist teams and managed the P&L for IoT Data platforms and solutions targeting Smart Cities, Critical Infrastructure, and Operations technology. He holds an MBA from the Booth School of Business in Chicago.
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Venue
STK Steakhouse
26 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014
Underwritten by
Palo Alto Networks and Google Cloud have expanded their strategic partnership with a multi-year, multi-billion dollar commitment. Google Cloud becomes the preferred AI and infrastructure provider for Palo Alto Networks. The collaboration integrates Palo Alto’s network security platform with Google Cloud to enable a Zero Trust posture and improve protection across cloud environments. Additionally, Palo Alto’s Cortex XSIAM platform leverages Google Cloud’s advanced infrastructure, such as BigQuery and Gemini models, to deliver global, real-time cybersecurity. This partnership aims to address complex security challenges and help businesses securely digitally transform, building on their collaboration that began in 2018
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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