ASI navigates the expanding role of AI in 5th edition of cybersecurity series
Adaptive Intelligence, also known as AI (but not to be confused with artificial intelligence), refers to a person’s ability to adapt and respond flexibly to changes in their environment. Adaptive Intelligence is more than just being adaptable; it involves utilizing cognitive processes and emotional intelligence to assess, analyze, and make informed decisions in ever-changing circumstances.
Adaptive intelligence enables to navigate life’s challenges similar to the current technology trend sweeping the digital landscape known as artificial intelligence or AI. The arrival of AI marks a new era for businesses and the workforce. Companies are accelerating their AI investments as they move from experimentation to broad deployment, with far-ranging goals that include improving productivity and speeding innovation.
Advance Solutions Inc (ASI) mounted the 5th edition of its tech series for Cybersecurity on March 26, 2026 at Seda Vertis North in Quezon City. The “Cybersecurity in the AI Era 2026” was held in cooperation with HP Philippines, Microsoft, AMD, Intel, Fortinet and TrendAI (Trend Micro). This 5th installment saw ASI navigating the expanding role of artificial intelligence or AI in the new era of work.
In the morning program, Kate Fuentes, Presales Technical Consultant at Poly, started off the presentations. She introduced the HP Poly Collaboration portfolio featuring headsets and speakerphones; personal video; voice; meeting room solutions. She also talked about the Poly next-gen audio technologies which use advanced AI that removes distractions to provide a focused call that fuels collaboration and productivity.
She introduced the HP Poly Mission USB Series which are USB headsets for call intensive environments:
HP Poly Mission 800 USB Series. Sound your best on every call. This USB headset with noise-canceling mics and advanced ANC delivers clear audio and focused communication all day.
HP Poly Mission 600 USB Series. Made for all-day communication, this durable USB headset delivers high-quality audio and lasting comfort that keeps you focused and productive.
HP Poly Mission 400 USB Series. Dependable clarity and lasting comfort from an USB headset designed to help you stay focused and productive throughout your day.
The main presenter from HP Philippines came next and he was Mr Niel Oliveros, Presales Technical Consultant for PC and Print Solutions. Niel began his discussions by redefining the value of AI PC as intelligent, connected, autonomous, and more secure. He emphasized why we need security combined with AI. He said HP believes that productivity flourishes when devices, spaces, and people work in harmony.
He further talked about more of the benefits: Improved performance with much longer battery life and faster software performance; Secure and private which keeps sensitive data on-device and ensures compliant AI usage; ROI positive with minimized cloud fees dependency unlocking productivity value; Intelligent device built to run AI locally and ready for future AI workloads.
Niel went on to discuss that HP offers AI solutions across portfolio: AI PCs, desktops and workstations; Displays, docks, meeting rooms & peripherals; Printing solutions.
He described that an AI PC has three powerful productivity engines engineered for AI speed & efficiency: CPU; GPU; and NPU or neural processing unit which enables the AI capability of the PC and also defined by TOPS (trillion operations per second). He also presented the commercial desktop portfolio for 2026; the HP workforce experience platform and Wolf security portfolio.
Two speakers for Microsoft followed. First was Amy Presillas who is Commercial Device and Solution Sales Lead at Microsoft Philippines, where she works at the intersection of Windows, devices, and AI. She made an introductory talk for Microsoft by declaring Windows 11 as the platform for work as Windows now being used by one billion people. She also said that with the coming of AI, Copilot plays the part as AI tool for Microsoft. She added that AI as an intelligent agent serves as digital co-worker.
The second speaker for Microsoft was Joshua Ruinata who is Product Solutions Engineer at VST-ECS. He continued the discussion saying AI is now evolving and Windows 11 has become the canvas for AI. He talked about Copilot as AI tool providing writing assistance and now integrated on your Taskbar. He further discussed about Copilot+ PC enhancing AI capabilities with 40 TOPS then went on to enumerate its features: Improved Windows search; one click to do expanded actions; security features such as enhanced phishing protection; sign-in security; trusted platform module.
The afternoon session kicked off with Michael Lee, AMD Commercial Lead for the PH handling servers, PC and cloud segments. He started with the statement that AMD powers the daily lives of billions. AMD presence has become prominent in sectors such as health care, industrial, automotive, among others, as shown by his video presentation.
Further, the video declares AMD is the world’s most advanced processor. In entertainment its rendering speed renders other processors obsolete; it drives the future of autonomous driving; powers cloud services; helps change the course of climate change; connects communities of gamers anytime, anywhere; uses AI to accelerate disease detection and cures.
The Intel presentation came next with Wendy Gurra, an Enterprise Technical Specialist at Intel PH advocating Intel based solutions for all focus technology trends. She began by stating that AI is a game changer in the new era of work. She categorized AI as “generative” (large language model); “agentic” an advanced form of AI focused on autonomous decision-making and action; “hybrid” a cutting-edge technological approach that combines different types of AI technology to enhance their abilities.
Wendy noted the real world AI PC use cases: global energy companies; travel agencies; global medical tech companies; national banks; global cruise line operations. She also talked about the Intel vPRO platform which is ideal for business upgrade and the security it provides for enterprise and commercial industry and businesses. She presented the new Intel AI Core Series 3 processors designed to bring on-device AI capabilities to mainstream PCs.
The discussion from Fortinet followed with Fredric Lance Ong who is Systems Engineer at Fortinet Philippines. He started by describing that Fortinet is a company that empowers innovation with AI being served by its Security Fabric. Being the most trusted in cybersecurity, Fortinet is leading the convergence of networking and security.
Fredric introduced the FortiAI, a unified solution for AI security and AI-powered defense which provides the broadest driven security and data privacy. FortiAI protects your entire AI ecosystem—infrastructure, models, workloads, data and supply chains—while leveraging unified AI intelligence across the Fortinet Security Fabric to defend against threats at machine speed.
He said that securing the AI infrastructure is a layered defense. The FortiAI-SecureAI provides comprehensive security for LLM applications at runtime and blocks risky open-source models before deployment. The FortiAI-Assist streamlines security operations by using AI for everything from alert triage and automated threat response to generating configuration scripts and assisting with troubleshooting.
The presentation from TrendAI (Trend Micro) came next with Christina Tee-Bautista who is Senior Presales Consultant at TrendAI (Trend Micro). Her discussion focused on building proactive security. She presented main points of Visibility, Prioritization, and Mitigation. She enumerated the following pointers: adversary advantage; adapting continuous monitoring; thinking like an attacker; assess both assets and security posture; compliance.
Trend Micro on March 23, 2026 rebranded as TrendAI™, reflecting its evolution as AI becomes the next compute layer for the enterprise. This aligns with the company’s focus on solving real-world security challenges with cyber risk managed as a core business priority. As organizations redesign operations around AI, autonomous systems, and data-driven decision-making, security must evolve as well.
Christina emphasized: TrendAI™’s approach to AI security is grounded in four core principles: gaining visibility into AI usage, systems and agents interact across environments; understanding the context and intent behind those interactions; enforcing policy and control over usage and agent-driven actions; and introducing human oversight at critical decision points.
For the final discussion, Mr Niel Oliveros from HP PH came back to talk about HP Print security. He stated that printers are not immune to cyber attacks and the issue is often overlooked. To have peace of mind in the workplace, securing your printers is a must. With HP Wolf Enterprise Security, firmware resiliency can be achieved with HP Sure Start.
This enables zero trust at the endpoint which means dual authentication that ensures consistent validation whenever your printers are used. The HP Print security has capabilities on top of the Sure Start. There is the HP Security Manager; HP Memory Shield; and HP Connection Inspector for various threat detections.
The whole day event was capped with a Q&A portion, where participants had the chance to interact with the speakers. The audience also had fun participating in games and in winning prizes in the raffle draws. A special product presentation of ROKID AI glasses added more excitement in the event. But most of all, and for the galloping fifth edition, the event has been a rich source of knowledge from this current trend about cybersecurity.
