Agentic AI at the Crossroads: Unlocking Innovation While Securing the Enterprise – Industry Keynote
The rapid rise of GenAI—and now Agentic AI—is reshaping business operations, offering new efficiencies while expanding the cybersecurity threat landscape. As organizations adopt large language models (LLMs) and autonomous AI agents, they unlock powerful capabilities—but also introduce new risks.
In this keynote, Robert May, EVP of Technology & Product at Fortinet, will explore how to securely integrate AI into enterprise environments. He’ll examine the emergence of agentic AI systems—capable of autonomous planning and action—and demonstrate three critical focus areas: monitoring and governing AI usage, applying agentic AI in NOC and SOC environments, and securing the deployment and productization of LLM-based services.
Join Robert to gain practical insights on leveraging AI to help close the cybersecurity skills gap—while maintaining control, visibility, and governance across an evolving attack surface.
Robert May has more than 25 years of experience in the networking and security industries. Since joining Fortinet in early 2004, Robert has been responsible for overseeing the product roadmap and engineering execution. Leveraging years of experience and direct engagement with global customers, Robert has driven the successful launch of many new product lines and cloud-based services in Fortinet’s portfolio. Prior to joining Fortinet, he held senior engineering and product positions at Nortel Networks, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and IP Infusion, Inc. Robert holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of British Columbia in Canada.
