Making AI actually work in the enterprise and more RSAC Conference 2026 interviews - Camellia Chan, Aamir Lakhani, Jim Spignardo, Jody Brazil, Ely Abramovitch - ESW #455

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Jim Spignardo discussing the challenges and success factors of implementing AI in enterprise settings.

Interview with Jim Spignardo What does it take to build AI workflows that work? Why do so many fail? Jim isn’t a typical ESW guest. I think it’s essential for security folks to regularly step outside the security bubble and understand other perspectives and mindsets. That’s what we’re doing today with Jim. He specializes in building custom AI architecture and workflows for his clients. We discuss the state of AI in the enterprise and why so many of these efforts fail. We’ll discuss the elements of AI success and whether security plays a role in helping AI efforts succeed or contribute to failures. Segment Resources: https://www.proarch.com/ Cowork vs Cowork - Why Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork Is the One Built for Enterprise RSAC Exec Interviews, Part 1 Trends Revealed in Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs 2026 Global Threat Landscape Report Fortinet’s Global Director of Threat Intelligence and Adversarial AI Research explores the trends revealed in the latest Global Threat Landscape Report from FortiGuard Labs, including a surge in AI-enabled cybercrime. As AI optimizes and accelerates attack techniques, here’s how cyber defenders should respond. This segment is sponsored by Fortinet…

People in this episode

Guest: Jim Spignardo

Topics covered

• AI workflows
• enterprise AI
• cybersecurity
• AI success factors
• RSAC Conference

Keywords

• AI architecture
• enterprise applications
• cybercrime
• security
• AI failures

Sponsors

Fortinet

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft, FortiGuard Labs

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