| DATE: | March 13th, 2026 |
| TIME: | 2:00pm to 4:00pm (PST) |
| VENUE: | Hybrid Zoom Online meeting & In-Person at Sophos Inc. (Map) |
| TOPIC: | Architecting Intelligent and Resilient Networks for the Age of AI-Driven Threats |
| PRESENTERS: | Swathy Srinivasan (Director of Application Networks, S&P Global) (Presenting remotely) |
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ABSTRACT
As AI-powered threats, automation, and adaptive attack techniques accelerate, today’s networks can no longer rely on static controls or reactive defense models. They must evolve into intelligent, self adapting systems capable of anticipating, mitigating, and responding to threats in real time. This session explores how modern security architectures can be engineered to defend proactively shifting from traditional perimeter defense to dynamic, intelligence-driven resilience.
Attendees will gain insights into how integrated security capabilities work together to create adaptive, self-defending network ecosystems, including:
Zero Trust models that continuously validate identity, context, device posture, and trust levels.
SASE frameworks that converge networking and security at the edge, ensuring consistent, cloudfirst protection for distributed users.
DNS security and NDR analytics that expose hidden anomalies and early indicators of compromise.
Next generation firewalls, WAF, bot mitigation, and DDoS controls that deliver adaptive, policy driven enforcement across layers.
Microsegmentation to minimize lateral movement and contain potential breach impact.
AI-based monitoring and alerting that detect behavioral deviations, reduce noise, and elevate critical threats with precision.
Automated response and orchestration that accelerate containment and recovery with minimal human intervention.
Grounded in real time operational experience across complex, globally distributed enterprise environments, this session provides a practitioner’s view of how modern, intelligent networks behave when confronted with real world attacks. Through attack scenario walkthroughs, attendees will see how AI-enabled detection, adaptive controls, and automated response mechanisms allow networks to dynamically adjust under pressure, maintaining continuity even as threats evolve. The session distills frontline operational lessons into practical architectural strategies, empowering participants to design resilient, adaptive networks capable of detecting, responding to, and countering the accelerating sophistication of AI-enabled threats.
BIOGRAPHY
Swathy Srinivasan is the Director of Application Networks at S&P Global in Canada, where she leads global teams responsible for architecting secure, resilient, and high performing network services for mission critical platforms. With over 15 years of industry experience across Canada, Singapore, and India, Swathy has held impactful roles at organizations such as S&P Global, Visa, Dell, driving large scale network modernization and security transformation initiatives.
She is a CISSP certified and a CQI & IRCA Certified ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Lead Auditor, complemented by a broad portfolio of security certifications from leading vendors including Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler, Imperva, Check Point, Akamai, and others. Her expertise spans network security architecture, Zero Trust adoption, cloud-first security models, and integrating AI-driven adaptive defenses into enterprise environments.
Swathy holds a Master of Engineering degree in Internetworking from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. Passionate about advancing the cybersecurity community, she frequently speaks on topics related to secure network design, automation, AI-enabled defenses, and building modern architectures that are resilient, intelligent, and ready for the threats of tomorrow.
Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/swathy-srinivasan-78120ba2