Keynote -Securing the Future: Navigating AI’s Opportunities and Risks
Join us for an insightful fireside chat featuring Citi Head of Security Operations & Threat Management Technology Mark Rushing and Pfizer CISO James Beeson as they explore the dynamic intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. This session will dive deep into how enterprises can responsibly leverage cutting-edge AI—including Generative and Agentic AI—to enhance productivity, creativity, and decision-making, all while staying ahead of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.
Discover practical strategies for mitigating business and cybersecurity risks in an AI-driven landscape, learn the importance of transparency, ethical frameworks, and regulatory compliance, and understand how your cybersecurity and technology teams must evolve to thrive. Equip yourself and your organization with the knowledge and foresight needed to successfully harness AI’s transformative potential securely and ethically in today’s rapidly evolving technological ecosystem.
James Beeson is the former Chief Information Security Office at Cigna (retired). He was responsible for all aspects of cyber security and digital information protection for Cigna globally. James also had a robust 20-year career working for General Electric in various security and technology leadership positions.
He has an MBA in Finance from Southern Methodist University – Cox School of Business and a BBA in Business from Amberton University.
Peter Campbell is Senior Director of Cloud Security at The Cigna Group—a Fortune 100 global health leader—where he architects and operationalizes security across cloud, network, and IoT environments (AWS, Azure, OCI, hybrid). A recognized ONUG speaker and Fellow (and former chair of its Automated Cloud Governance working group), he spearheads strategic policy-as-code governance frameworks and pioneers AI-driven threat detection and automated response. Peter holds CEH, CISSP, CCSP, GICSP, GCSA, GRID, GCFA, and Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert certifications.
