Inteligencia artificial (IA)
Leadership, Innovation, and the Future of AI: Lessons from Trend Micro CEO & Co-Founder Eva Chen
Discover how AI is reshaping cybersecurity through our CEO, Eva Chen’s industry briefing series. Gain practical strategies, real-world insights, and a clear roadmap to secure your AI initiatives with confidence.
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As a woman working at Trend Micro, I’m proud to be part of a company led by Eva Chen, our visionary co-founder and CEO who has shaped the future of cybersecurity for decades. With women making up only 25-30% of the global tech workforce and fewer than 20% in leadership, her unwavering leadership stands as a powerful reminder of what’s possible. Before becoming CEO in late 2004, Eva served as executive vice president from 1988 to 1996 and as CTO from 1996 to 2004. During her longstanding tenure, she’s led the development of a series of industry firsts, from pioneering unique security products to transformative security management strategies that helped establish Trend as a global cybersecurity leader. Thanks to her leadership and visionary spirit, Trend has always stayed ahead of the curve, spotting tech shifts before anyone else, and working to proactively protect them. Just as we predicted how virtualization, cloud, and mobile would reshape security, Eva is now sharing her vision on how AI will transform our industry.
At Trend Micro, we have been using AI to enhance our technology for over 20 years, a track record that predates the existence of many other cybersecurity companies. That long history with AI reflects Eva’s forward-looking approach, as years ago she spoke of her dream for proactive security; a vision where threats could be anticipated and prevented rather than merely detected and remediated. Today, that dream has become reality, as AI enables truly proactive protection and proves her consistent, unwavering vision and ability to see the future of cybersecurity long before it arrives.
Introducing Eva Chen’s AI-Focused Industry Briefing Series
Over the last few months, Eva has released a series of industry briefings focused on how AI is redefining cybersecurity and the way businesses operate. The series is designed to help organizations understand both the promise and the risks of AI, while offering practical, research-backed guidance on how to secure AI systems effectively. Reading these briefings, you’ll gain insights into adversarial AI, AI governance, and practical security strategies straight from our CEO and Trend experts. If you’re a business or security leader who wants to build AI initiatives on a secure foundation, this series is for you.
The Intelligent Stack: Securing AI in Modern Software Architecture
Part one of the series, this industry briefing examines the evolution of the software stack that’s being driven by the explosion of AI, the new cybersecurity challenges that come with it, and the strategic considerations leaders must weigh to ensure their organizations can harness AI’s potential securely, responsibly, and competitively.
Reimagining Cybersecurity and Business Risk with Information Flow Digital Twins
This briefing explores how digital twin technology, enhanced by AI agents and threat intelligence, can bridge the gap between risk awareness and risk readiness. It looks at the driving forces behind this shift, the practical use cases already emerging, and what it takes to begin the journey toward a more secure, resilient future.
Secure AI Factory: Protection with Speed and Precision
In the final part of the series, explore the AI factory concept and learn why securing the entire AI lifecycle is critical. Gain insights from Trend Micro’s global threat intelligence and frontline experience, including Pwn2Own™ Berlin, the first AI-focused hacking competition, to see the real risks facing AI today. Reading this briefing, you’ll discover how a secure-by-design platform can reduce risk, simplify compliance, build trust, and speed up the value of your AI investments.
AI is advancing faster than any previous technology wave, creating both exciting opportunities and serious security challenges. This rapid evolution is driven by breakthroughs in computing power, access to massive datasets, and the widespread adoption of AI across every industry, accelerating innovation at an unprecedented pace. For organizations, this speed creates massive opportunity, but also drives significant risks, as gaps in security, governance, and understanding can leave AI systems vulnerable to attacks and misuse.
Navigating these fast-moving challenges requires businesses to rely on strong leadership and proven expertise to manage risks and fully harness AI’s potential; and Eva embodies the visionary leadership needed to navigate this moment. As one of the few women leading a global cybersecurity powerhouse, she inspires confidence in women across tech while fostering a culture that values diverse perspectives and guides teams through uncertainty. Trend’s long history of anticipating change, including investing early in cloud security and recognizing IoT and mobile threats before they became mainstream, proves this vision is more than intuition; it’s a disciplined commitment to curiosity and the courage to lead.
As a woman in tech, it’s inspiring to be part of a company where leadership is visionary, inclusive, and unafraid to take bold steps, qualities that Eva embodies as she guides us into the AI era. I encourage you to explore the AI-focused industry briefing series to gain insights from Trend’s expertise, understand the risks and opportunities of AI, and see firsthand how thoughtful leadership can help secure the future of technology.