Michael Spisak

Michael Spisak

Technical Managing Director

Palo Alto Networks


As Technical Managing Director of Proactive Services with Unit 42, Michael has responsibility for innovating and executing proactive cybersecurity solutions. His focus is on artificial intelligence, cloud, and zero trust security. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, Mike served as a Distinguished Engineer and Master Inventor at IBM with over 40 patents and published papers. He is a frequent speaker at technical conferences, education sessions, and workshops.

Speaking in:

Wednesday Jun 25

2:45pm - 3:30pm

Agilence Stage

How AI is Supercharging Online Fraud, and What Retailers Can Do About It

New generative AI tools are enabling online fraudsters to carry out fraud schemes that are increasingly plausible to their potential victims, and do so in a way that is automated and allows them to target millions of individuals with little effort. The spectrum of AI-enabled fraud schemes includes account takeover operations, phishing, domain and website spoofing, and return fraud. This session will feature expert analysts from the public and private sectors who will highlight the scope of these threats and what retailers can do about them.