Future of Engineering & Technology Leadership | Live 2026

Overview

AI is rapidly moving from experimentation into the core of enterprise operations, yet most organisations are scaling it on top of environments they cannot fully see or control. Factor’s latest CIO research shows that only 6 percent of organisations believe their infrastructure is fully prepared for expanded AI , while more than 70 percent still operate across fragmented or partially unified environments when incidents occur . As AI increases system complexity, small blind spots become outages, security exposure and customer impact. This executive webinar examines why observability has become a board-level capability in 2026 and how security and IT leaders must rethink digital resilience before AI failures become business failures.

Key discussion topics

Why AI is accelerating operational risk faster than most organisations are prepared for

The hidden cost of fragmented visibility across cloud, SaaS and on-prem environments

How security and IT teams must work from a shared operational view in the AI era

What digital resilience really requires to safely scale AI in complex enterprises

What to expect

• Attendees 200+
• Operational view Shared
• Resilience Digital

What we will cover

• Why AI is accelerating operational risk faster than most organisations are prepared for As AI becomes embedded in core systems, it amplifies the impact of existing infrastructure blind spots, turning small failures into major outages, security gaps and customer disruption. Most organisations are scaling AI on fragmented, partially visible environments, leaving them exposed to risks they cannot detect or control in real time.
• The hidden cost of fragmented visibility across cloud, SaaS and on-prem environments When visibility is split across multiple platforms, security and IT teams lose the ability to see how systems, data and AI workloads interact, creating blind spots that mask failures and risk. As AI increases operational complexity, these gaps drive longer outages, higher security exposure and greater business impact when incidents occur.
• How security and IT teams must work from a shared operational view in the AI era As AI-driven systems span infrastructure, applications and data, security and IT teams can no longer operate from separate tools or partial views of the environment. A shared, real-time operational view is now essential to detect risk early, coordinate response and maintain trust as AI becomes embedded in core business processes.
• What digital resilience really requires to safely scale AI in complex enterprises Digital resilience now depends on having end-to-end observability across infrastructure, applications and data so teams can detect, diagnose and resolve issues before they impact customers or compliance. Without this foundation, scaling AI only increases the likelihood that small failures will cascade into major business disruptions.

Agenda

• 11:00 am When AI Breaks, Who Sees It First? The New Rules of Digital Resilience in 2026(Executive Readiness Summit - Live 2026) AI is rapidly moving from experimentation into the core of enterprise operations, yet most organisations are scaling it on top of environments they cannot fully see or control. Factor’s latest CIO research shows that only 6 percent of organisations believe their infrastructure is fully prepared for expanded AI , while more than 70 percent still operate across fragmented or partially unified environments when incidents occur . As AI increases system complexity, small blind spots become outages, security exposure and customer impact. This executive webinar examines why observability has become a board-level capability in 2026 and how security and IT leaders must rethink digital resilience before AI failures become business failures. Key discussion topics Why AI is accelerating operational risk faster than most organisations are prepared for The hidden cost of fragmented visibility across cloud, SaaS and on-prem environments How security and IT teams must work from a shared operational view in the AI era What digital resilience really requires to safely scale AI in complex enterprises

Partners

• Splunk Splunk, a Cisco company, helps make organizations more digitally resilient. Leading organizations use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. Organizations trust Splunk to prevent infrastructure, application and security incidents from becoming major issues, remediate threats and disruptions faster, and adapt quickly to new opportunities. Splunk helps SecOps, ITOps and engineering teams deliver these outcomes with comprehensive visibility, rapid detection and investigation, and optimized response, all accelerated by AI and at the scale necessary for the world's largest organizations.

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