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Modern enterprises rely heavily on open source software across almost every layer of their application stack. However, the rise of AI-powered vulnerability discovery has radically accelerated the threat landscape. Security teams are urged to remediate risks immediately, but traditional advice, “just upgrade to the latest version”, frequently triggers breaking changes, system downtime, compliance hurdles, and costly re-certification cycles.

Join CIONET and Red Hat for an exclusive, peer-to-peer round table discussion where digital leaders will explore how to secure the software supply chain without sacrificing production stability.

Key Takeaways & Discussion Topics

During this interactive dinner discussion, you will exchange experiences and strategic insights with fellow CIOs, CISO’s and Digital Leaders on:

• The AI Vulnerability Acceleration: How AI tools are reshaping software supply chain risks and compressing time-to-remediate.
• Resolving the Upgrade Dilemma: Strategies for applying targeted security fixes and backported patches without forcing disruptive major version upgrades.
• Open Source Governance & Compliance: Ensuring transparency, Software Bill Of Materials integrity, and trusted build pipelines across complex multi-cloud and application layers.
• Enterprise Resilience at Scale: Leveraging collective intelligence and enterprise clearinghouses to protect critical infrastructure and core business applications.

The session will highlight practical frameworks for managing dependency risks, examining how enterprise-grade backporting strategies allow organisations to maintain strict security compliance while keeping core business applications stable.