Securing the Future: Safeguarding AI Systems in an Evolving Threat Landscape
Jef Hu
Senior Security Sales Specialist
Akamai Technologies
Session Outline
As artificial intelligence continues to revolutionize the digital world, it brings both opportunity and risk. While AI strengthens threat detection capabilities, it also introduces complex security challenges—expanding attack surfaces and enabling novel vectors such as prompt injection and model manipulation.
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Securing AI systems is now a critical imperative. In this session, Akamai will demonstrate how Firewall for AI provides essential protection for large language model (LLM) applications—actively mitigating malicious prompts, preventing toxic or unsafe outputs, and shielding sensitive data from exposure. As AI adoption accelerates, this dedicated layer of defense ensures that innovation does not come at the expense of security.
Key Discussion Points:
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How AI Is Shaping the Digital Security Landscape
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The Rising Complexity of AI-Driven Attacks
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State of Application and API Security in 2025
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Strategic Defences for Securing LLMs and AI-Powered Systems

