The AI Cyber Threat for Financial Institutions - and How to Counter It

​How U.S. Defense and Intelligence Are Countering AI-Powered Threats

​Topic: AI is fundamentally changing the cybersecurity landscape. Automated attacks, sophisticated phishing, deepfakes, zero-day exploits and AI-enabled social engineering are increasing both the speed and scale of threats facing financial institutions. The discussion will explore the shift from traditional perimeter security toward Zero Trust architectures can help organizations protect sensitive data, identities and critical infrastructure even when networks, devices or users cannot inherently be trusted.

​Lunch: Join VIA for an exclusive, invitation-only lunch bringing together senior leaders from Swiss financial services, cybersecurity and technology. Drawing on real-world experience working with U.S. defense and intelligence organizations, VIA will share how highly sensitive environments are responding to emerging AI-powered threats — and what financial institutions can learn from these approaches. Joe Babiec, executive at VIA, will speak.

​Key topics include: AI-powered cyber threats and the rapidly evolving attack surface; lessons from U.S. defense and intelligence environments; protecting critical data in compromised environments; Zero Trust and data-centric security; and practical implications for banks and financial institutions.

​Speakers: Joe Babiec, Head of Mission at VIA, Madjid Aoudia, Senior Principal Software Architect Cybersecurity, Jeff Fields, Berkeley Institute for Securty and Governance and former FBI agent.

​Guests: The lunch is designed as a private expert exchange, with ample time for discussion and networking among participants.

​Hosted by VIA: https://www.solvewithvia.com