Abagnale built a career exposing a simple truth: systems can be remarkably easy to exploit when you understand where their weaknesses are. Today's bad actors have a powerful new tool to help them do exactly that—AI.
Join Frank Abagnale and Madani Adjali, VP of Product Management for SASE and Security at HPE, for a lively, unfiltered conversation about how security is being rewritten in the age of AI.
Frank will draw on a lifetime spent studying how people exploit trust, process and technology, and what that means for defending your organization today.
Madani will take it into the enterprise: how to secure the AI applications, infrastructure and data you rely on, and how to put AI to work for your defenders to spot risk sooner, respond faster and outpace increasingly sophisticated threats.
It will be provocative. It may be unconventional. And it will leave you thinking like the people trying to get in.
Frank Abagnale is one of the world’s most respected authorities on forgery, embezzlement, secure documents, cybercrime, and scams. For over 50 years he has worked with, advised, and consulted with hundreds of financial institutions, corporations, and government agencies around the world.
Mr. Abagnale has been associated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation for over four decades. He lectures at the FBI Academy and for the FBI field offices. On January 18, 2023, Mr. Abagnale was the recipient of the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award given by InfraGard which, along with the FBI, honored Mr. Abagnale for his longtime work with InfraGard, the FBI and the FBI CyberCamp. On June 12, 2023 he was made an honorary member of the Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He is a former faculty member at the National Advocacy Center (NAC) which is operated by the Department of Justice, Executive Office for United States Attorneys. More than 14,000 financial institutions, corporations, and law enforcement agencies use his fraud prevention programs. In 1998, he was selected as a distinguished member of “Pinnacle 400” by CNN Financial News - a select group of 400 people chosen on the basis of great accomplishment and success in their fields. He has also written numerous articles and books including The Art of the Steal, The Real U Guide to Identity Theft, Stealing Your Life and his most recent book, Scam Me If You Can – Simple Strategies to Outsmart Today’s Rip-off Artists.
Mr. Abagnale refuses to accept payment for any of his government work. Today, most of his work is derived from consulting with major corporate clients and his renown seminar presentations on cyber security, identity theft, and scams. Mr. Abagnale works as an advisor to a number of print and technology companies around the world. He spent 20 years as an advisor to the Standard Register Company, creating security features for negotiable instruments, car titles, etc. He spent 10 years as an advisor to the 41st Parameter which developed fraud detection technology, used in 80 countries around the world and now owned by Experian.
Madani Adjali is Vice President of Product Management at HPE Networking, where he oversees the product management and technical marketing engineering teams for the SASE & Security pillar. In this role, Madani drives innovation and strategic direction for secure networking solutions, empowering organizations to meet evolving security and connectivity needs.
Previously, Madani led the Wi-Fi/P5G, NAC, and SASE product management and technical marketing engineering teams at HPE Aruba Networking, delivering industry-leading advancements in wireless and secure access technologies.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Vanderbilt University and lives in his hometown of NYC with his wife and dog.
