Tuesday, March 17th 2026

Securing the Enterprise AI Factory at Scale

5:30 - 8:00pm PT | San Jose, CA

Event Overview

Enterprise AI is moving rapidly from experimentation to full-scale production, driven by purpose-built AI factories that combine accelerated compute, high-performance networking, and advanced software stacks. But as organizations operationalize AI at scale, the security stakes rise sharply. From protecting sensitive data and models to securing east-west traffic across GPU-dense environments, trust must be engineered into the AI factory itself.

Join Palo Alto Networks for an exclusive executive dinner and peer discussion focused on how organizations can securely deploy and operate enterprise AI factories built on NVIDIA’s accelerated computing platforms. This conversation will explore how security leaders can enable innovation without slowing it down by embedding protection across the AI lifecycle, from data ingestion and model training to inference and runtime operations.

Attendees will exchange practical insights on securing high-performance AI infrastructure, managing AI-specific attack surfaces, and aligning security architecture with the operational realities of large-scale AI systems. The discussion will also examine how enterprises can reduce complexity by converging networking and security controls while maintaining visibility, resilience, and governance across AI workloads.

Among the discussion topics:

  • Embedding security into the AI factory architecture to support scale, performance, and trust from day one
  • Protecting data, models, and GPU-accelerated infrastructure across training and inference environments
  • Securing east-west traffic and high-speed networking in AI factories powered by advanced DPUs and accelerated networking
  • Reducing risk and operational friction by integrating security directly into AI infrastructure rather than layering it on later

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Moderator

 

Sean D. Mack

Managing Director

ISMG

 

Steve Yurkunas

Senior Director of Technical

Partnerships, Strata

Palo Alto Networks

Speakers

Register now for this exclusive session, where you will join subject matter experts and peers in a deep discussion about securing the enterprise AI factory at scale

This session will be:

  • Chatham house rule
  • Peer driven
  • Pitch free

Subject matter expert

Bob Gilbert

Vice President, GTM Strategy and Chief Evangelist

Netskope

Damian Chung is a cybersecurity leader with over 25 years of security and IT experience.As VP of Cyber Defense, Damian oversees the global SOC, Threat and Vulnerability Management, and Operational Threat Intelligence/Detection. He also leads the Netskope Customer Zero program. He is working on deeper AI integrations for many security operational tasks to improve response and remediation metrics, reduce risk, and stay ahead of attackers.Before Netskope, Chung was head of Cybersecurity Engineering/Architecture at Dignity Health, where he implemented multiple cybersecurity controls and helped mature their security program by developing a healthcare-focused security roadmap. Additionally, Damian has held the role of VP of IT, Cloud Security & Compliance for a healthcare technology company where he built a HIPAA-compliant cloud service. Damian has an MSc from Arizona State. 

Subject matter expert

Justin Rowe

Managing Director

Deloitte

Aaron works with large financial institutions in North America, Europe, and the UK to ensure they are able to safely and securely use Google Cloud for their critical workloads. Aaron has significant experience in the implementation and configuration of Google Cloud security products, and leads the development of technical solutions to meet stringent customer requirements. Aaron has been at Google for 7 years, beginning in the Professional Services Organization, specializing in security. Prior to Google, Aaron worked as a data scientist in Cyber Risk at Deloitte.

Aaron also holds a PhD in experimental condensed matter physics from the University of Toronto, in Toronto, Ontario, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.

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Venue

Left Bank Brasserie

377 Santana Row , San Jose, California 95128

Underwritten by

As the global cybersecurity leader, Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) is dedicated to protecting our digital way of life via continuous innovation. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, we provide comprehensive AI-powered security solutions across network, cloud, security operations and AI, enhanced by the expertise and threat intelligence of Unit 42®. Our focus on platformization allows enterprises to streamline security at scale, ensuring protection fuels innovation. Explore more at www.paloaltonetworks.com.

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  • 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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