00:00 – Intro

02:10 – Guest intro (Nima Baiati)

03:17 – Changing landscape of endpoint security, especially with the advent of AI

02:23 – How is Lenovo addressing the changing landscape, both from traditional and AI-enhanced threat vectors? – ThinkShield – a comprehensive platform ensuring security from the supply chain, hardware, and software

11:01 – AI: the double-edged sword- tremendous capability to both create & fight security risk

12:53 – AIPCs and the promise of NPU for running security and device management functions more efficiently

14:00 – NPU migration challenges – Three forks ISVs should run through: 1) Re-architecting and optimizing ML models; 2)Instruction set variability between NPU vendors; 3) Testing and performance optimization. How Lenovo helps ISVs in migration

16:36 – Awareness about the benefits NPU among the stakeholders (ISVs, CIO/CSO/IT Managers, OEMs)

19:20 – Business model challenge of ISV in migrating security applications to NPU – Lots of work but no new revenue.

22:26 – Do enterprises (CIO, IT Managers) have to do anything to accomplish migration to NPU? How Lenovo works closely with ISVs and enterprise customers to bring mutually beneficial solutions

25:31 – How to incentivize ISVs to prioritize migration, e.g., include it in their KPI?

28:03 – How Lenovo’s size and scale uniquely position it to be the leader and drive this for the industry, and pave the road

29:01 – Should the NPU migration be driven as an industry initiative? Is there a need for standardization, etc.?

31:08 – How is Agentic AI affecting security? – Huge role for automation, rapid response, but agents completely taking over security is a fantasy. Human intervention

35:01 – Latest trends in the security landscape – AI privacy, AI Governance, automation detection and remediation, management and orchestration of devices and environments, etc.

36:47 – What is the timeline for the industry to substantially migrate security apps to NPU?

39:50 – Closing

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