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Track 1: Build Adaptive AI Infrastructure
Breakout session

Securing AI at Scale: CoreWeave and CrowdStrike on What Comes Next

Session
102
Day & Date
Wednesday, Sep. 30, 2026
Time
Location
Moscone South, Level 3, Room 301

About this session

As AI moves from experimentation to mission-critical infrastructure, securing it without slowing innovation is becoming essential. Join Jim Higgins, CISO at CoreWeave, and Bartley Richardson, Chief AI & Autonomous Systems Officer at CrowdStrike, for a candid conversation on what it takes to protect the infrastructure and workloads powering AI at scale.

Go beyond today's challenges to hear how CoreWeave and CrowdStrike are thinking about what comes next, from building security into AI environments to exploring how AI can help defenders stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated threats. Get an inside look at the ideas, technologies, and emerging approaches that could shape the next generation of AI and cyber defense.

Key takeaways: Secure AI without slowing it down: Learn what it takes to protect AI infrastructure and workloads at scale while maintaining the speed, performance, and flexibility AI innovation demands. See how CoreWeave and CrowdStrike are approaching AI security together: Hear how the two companies are thinking about securing AI environments as they become increasingly critical to the enterprise. Get a glimpse of what's next: Explore how advances in AI and autonomous systems could reshape cyber defense and help defenders stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated threats.

Speakers

BR
Bartley Richardson
Chief of AI, Crowdstrike
JH
Jim Higgins
Chief Information Security Officer, CoreWeave

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