Okta, Palo Alto Networks & Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Los Angeles

At the fabulous Polo Lounge at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, Okta, Palo Alto Networks & Amazon Web Services hosted over 30+ senior technology & security thought leaders to discuss: From Reactive to Predictive: The Future of Cybersecurity in an AI-Driven World!

The evening started in the private space and patio of the famous Polo Lounge in The Beverly Hills hotel for 90 minutes of networking filled with Champagne, cocktails, canapés and conversation as everyone got to meet and greet each other.

Everybody then took to their seats to hear some great opening remarks and insights from Greg Egeler, AI & Modern Data Strategy BD at AWS before a fantastic presentation by Guy Harpak, Director of Product Management at Palo Alto before handing over to Krishnan Venkatraman, Principal Security Advisor at Okta to close out the thought leadership part of the evening with a great talk.

After questions from the crowd the discussions carried on over a fantastic four course dinner where the discussion points were:

How are we currently using AI and automation in our environments—what’s delivering real value vs. still in the hype cycle?

Where do we see gaps in today’s defenses (identity, cloud, endpoints) that AI and new architectures could help close?

What would “predictive security” look like in practice? What’s the moonshot scenario we’d like to see in 5 years?

Some post dinner networking drinks were had before everyone headed home with a fresh insight for 2026!

I want to thank everyone who came and made it a great start to the year but a massive thank you to everyone from Palo Alto Networks, Okta and AWS who were the best hosts we could have asked for!