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Technology Executive Summit | New York, NY | Keens Steakhouse

Thursday, March 19, 2026
New York, NY
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Keens Steakhouse
72 W 36th St, New York, NY, United States, 10018
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Technology Executive Summit | Cybersecurity | New York City, NY

Guardrails, Not Roadblocks: Securing the Cloud at the Speed of Innovation

Thursday, March 19th | 6:00 PM ET
 

AI is moving faster than most enterprises can govern—and the gap is widening. As cloud adoption accelerates, many organizations discover too late that speed without structure amplifies risk, stalls innovation, and erodes trust. The leaders who win are the ones who build guardrails that enable velocity, not roadblocks that slow it.

Discover how to strike that balance in a high-impact session with Altaz Bhanji, Chief Cloud Architect at Visa, presenting “Guardrails, Not Roadblocks: Securing the Cloud at the Speed of Innovation.” Altaz brings deep, real-world experience designing cloud security frameworks that keep global-scale systems both agile and resilient.

This executive conversation cuts through the noise with practical, battle-tested guidance, including:

  • What modern cloud guardrails actually are—and what they are not
  • How preventative, detective, and corrective controls work together to reduce friction
  • Why the right governance model accelerates delivery instead of constraining it
  • How AI is reshaping guardrail management through automated enforcement and adaptive protection

You’ll walk away with actionable strategies to reduce operational drag, strengthen compliance, and empower teams to move faster with confidence—without compromising security or innovation.

Hosted by TechTalk Summits, the #1 leader in short-format technology events, this intimate gathering offers direct access to a top industry expert, premium dining, and high-value networking with fellow CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology decision-makers. 

Expect sharp perspectives, candid discussion, and insights you can put to work immediately.

Secure your spot now and elevate your strategic edge with the NYC tech community.

Speakers
Altaz Bhanji Chief Cloud Architect at Visa Altaz Bhanji is a cloud technology strategist and cybersecurity expert with a passion for driving innovation in the cloud, particularly AWS environments. With extensive consulting experience across diverse industries and company sizes, he excels at crafting secure, scalable cloud architectures that align with business objectives. Altaz is recognized for his visionary approach to cloud transformation, combining deep technical expertise with strategic insight to deliver impactful solutions. His strong foundation in cybersecurity ensures robust protection of digital assets, making him a trusted advisor in the ever-evolving cloud landscape. He currently works as Chief Cloud Architect at Visa.
Agenda
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Registration & Networking over drinks
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
First course dropped, Host's opening remarks
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Fastly

Secure your edge and protect your business. Fastly’s programmable edge cloud platform stops threats before they cause costly disruptions to your business by eliminating operational toil and reducing maintenance with a smarter WAF. Through proactive defense, including bot mitigation, combined with unified DDoS protection at the network layer, we help you ensure every digital experience remains fast, safe, and engaging.

7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
Elastic

Elastic, the Search AI Company, integrates its expertise in search technology with artificial intelligence to help everyone transform data into answers, actions, and outcomes. Elastic’s Search AI Platform — the foundation for its search, observability, and security solutions — is used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500.

7:10 pm - 7:20 pm
HPE

HPE delivers unique, open and intelligent technology solutions as a service—spanning Cloud Services, Compute, High Performance Computing & AI, Intelligent Edge, Software, and Storage—with a consistent experience across all clouds and edges, helping customers develop new business models, engage in new ways, and increase operational performance.

7:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner, Networking & wrap up with dessert and raffles
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