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“Security Leaders Need Strategy, Not Just Alerts”

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Media Leaders on AI: Insights from Disney, ESPN, Forrester Research

The explosion of visual content is almost unbelievable, and creative, marketing, and ad teams are struggling to keep up. Content workflows are slowing down, and teams can't find the right assets quickly enough.

The crucial question is: How can you still win with the influx of content and keep pace with demand?

Find out on Jan 14, 2026, at 10am PT/1pm ET as industry leaders—including Phyllis Davidson, VP Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, and former media executive Oke Okaro as they draw on their deep media research and experience from ESPN, Disney, Reuters, and beyond.

  • The forces reshaping content operations

  • Where current systems are falling short

  • How leading organizations are using multimodal AI to extend their platforms

  • What deeper image and video understanding unlocks for monetization

Get clear insight and actionable perspective from the leaders who built and transformed top media and entertainment organizations.

Firefighting Isn’t Leadership

If your day is spent in incident response, you’re not leading — you’re reacting. Strategy requires stepping back to reduce fires, not just put them out.

Dashboards Without Direction Are Just Noise

More data ≠ better decisions. Security leaders must translate telemetry into narrative: What’s the trend? What’s the risk? What needs board-level attention?

Budget Without ROI Is a Liability

Tools collect dust without adoption. Stack bloat isn’t a sign of maturity. Track the effectiveness of every dollar spent — or risk losing it next year.

The Future of Shopping? AI + Actual Humans.

AI has changed how consumers shop, but people still drive decisions. Levanta’s research shows affiliate and creator content continues to influence conversions, plus it now shapes the product recommendations AI delivers. Affiliate marketing isn’t being replaced by AI, it’s being amplified.

Your Hiring Plan Is a Security Plan

Burned-out analysts, unfilled roles, and rushed onboarding = real attack surface. Human resilience matters as much as endpoint resilience.

Reporting Up Requires Translation

Boards don’t understand “XSS,” “SIEM drift,” or “CVSS 9.8.” But they understand business disruption and reputational risk. Security leaders are translators — not just technicians.

Long-Term Wins Beat Short-Term Fixes

It’s easy to patch today. Harder to solve systemic access creep, poor culture, or tooling sprawl. But that’s where leadership lives — beyond the triage.

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