THE CYBER INTERVIEW
“ Connecting my work to that mission makes it so meaningful. That ' s the motivation for me that keeps me going through the crises and the craziness of the world that we live in”
Deneen DeFiore Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer United Airlines
We know we’ re testing that recovery and when we get into an issue, it’ s not the first time we ' re working through it.”
Yet another significance of AI is in its unique capability to bring ideas to life.
“ It ' s really cool to see the things that we’ re capable of,” Deneen adds.
When she or the team had great ideas, the discussion used to be:“ Okay, this is a great idea, but it will take a long time and it ' s really complex.”
But today, this is no longer the case.“ Now we’ re able to iterate on it,” she notes.
Once you have technology and the intel, which are based on the operating controls in their environment, using AI they are able to forge“ the best path forward”.
“ That’ s really easy to do. It’ s accessible now to be able to do that in a matter of hours, versus months and months that analysis would’ ve taken before. So very exciting,” she says. United is, therefore, armed with the latest in tech and AI and custom solutions to face cyber challenges head on. After all, there is no room for error at 35,000 feet.
32 August 2026