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AI and Cybersecurity: Challenges and Opportunities
Season 1, Ep. 1
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Join Toptal’s Information Security Practice Lead, Michael Figueroa, and Intel’s Federal CTO and Senior Principal Engineer, Steve Orrin, in an engaging and insightful discussion about leveraging AI in a new era of cybersecurity. They explore AI's latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in enhancing security measures, preventing cyber threats, and ensuring national security. Tune in to hear these experts discuss strategies for modernizing technology infrastructures and gain valuable insights about the importance of balancing legacy systems with emerging technologies, in both the private and public sector.
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