FortiGuard Labs’ Global VP of Threat Intelligence at Fortinet arrives in Cartagena with an assessment Latin American organizations can no longer postpone. 

There is a moment when a technology stops being a tool and becomes a threat. For artificial intelligence, that moment has already arrived, and most organizations in Latin America are still not responding at the scale the risk demands. 

Organizations in the region face more than 3,000 cyberattacks per week, according to Check Point Research. Only 13% of their leaders believe they are prepared to face a large-scale attack. That gap — between actual exposure and response capability — is precisely the territory Derek Manky has spent more than two decades studying, mapping, and confronting. 

In September, he arrives at ANDICOM 2026. 

Two decades building global threat intelligence 

Derek Manky is Chief Security Strategist and Global VP of Threat Intelligence at FortiGuard Labs, Fortinet’s global threat intelligence team — part of one of the most influential cybersecurity companies in the world. 

His track record is measured not in years, but in impact: more than 1,000 zero-day vulnerabilities responsibly disclosed, founding membership in the Cyber Threat Alliance since 2014, and collaborations with the organizations that set the global digital security agenda — The MITRE Corporation, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), INTERPOL, and the World Economic Forum (WEF). 

He currently sits on the Advisory Board of the MITRE Engenuity Center for Threat-Informed Defense and the Executive Committee of the WEF’s Cybercrime Atlas: two of the most strategic spaces where the future of global cybersecurity is being shaped. 

AI Under Siege: Autonomous AI redefines the battlefield 

The question shaping his talk at ANDICOM 2026 is uncomfortable, precise, and necessary: what happens when artificial intelligence not only defends systems, but attacks them? 

AI Under Siege: The Rise of Shadow Agents examines the new generation of autonomous cyber threats: algorithm-powered attacks, deepfakes designed to evade verification systems, phishing that learns and adapts to its target, and malware that evolves in real time to bypass defenses. This is not speculation — it is the direction the world’s most sophisticated threat actors are already taking. 

Manky’s perspective goes beyond diagnosis. His central focus is proactive cybersecurity: how organizations can anticipate threats rather than merely react to them. How threat intelligence, automation, and digital resilience strategies can change the equation before an attack occurs. 

The region faces a critical combination: rapidly expanding digital infrastructure, regulatory frameworks still under development, and a cybersecurity skills gap that malicious actors know and exploit with precision. 

Organizations that meet Derek Manky at ANDICOM 2026 will not hear a talk about the future. They will receive an assessment of the present and a roadmap for not falling behind. 

📅 ANDICOM 2026 · September 1–4 · Cartagena, Colombia 

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