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Cato Networks brought its travelling AI forum, Catopia, to a marina near the Biesbosch: a full day on the strategic impact of AI, both the opportunity and the risk - followed by a boat trip through the waterways and dinner in the evening sun.
Catopia is a global travelling AI forum that brings together customers, prospects and partners. The setting was relaxed, but the agenda was serious: how do you capture the value of AI without losing sight of the risk it introduces?
AI is no longer just a tool. It is a new attack surface.
That reframing ran through the entire day. A few moments stood out.
Nicolas Wannier, VP EMEA, set the strategic direction for Cato's AI focus with clarity and conviction.
Robin Johns, WW AI SME - known as 'Mister AI' - reframed the conversation: AI is no longer just a tool, it is a new attack surface.
Amah Hussain, Product Marketing EMEA, went into the threat reality: attacks are easier, cheaper and more accessible than ever, and most organisations underestimate the depth of the problem.
Alessandro Bergamino, Field CTO, challenged a familiar assumption: people are not necessarily the weakest link. AI complexity introduces its own vulnerabilities.
Edwin van Andel, CTO at ZeroCopter, closed the gap between theory and reality with live demos showing how fast and easy environment access really is. Uncomfortable, but necessary.
From the field: implementing Cato SASE
A panel with Salvatore Berti, VP Customer Success EMEA, and Manfred Voss, Senior Infrastructure Manager at Darling Ingredients, brought an honest conversation on real-world deployment: business value, AI policy and the success of implementing Cato SASE.
The takeaway
Awareness is step one. Governance and the right security architecture must follow.
That is exactly where Momentum focuses: helping organisations move from awareness to control, with Cato Networks SASE as the architecture underneath.
Thanks to Cato Networks for an outstanding day, and to Paula ten Bos for organising it flawlessly. To all the colleagues, customers and partners who joined: these are exactly the conversations that matter. Until next time.
