Episode 182: Striking a Balance on an AI Adoption Journey

 

 

In episode 182 of Cybersecurity Where You Are, Sean Atkinson sits down with Brian Calkin, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at the Center for Internet Security^® (CIS^®). Together, they discuss how organizations can strike a balance on their journeys of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption.

Here are some highlights from our episode:

• 00:39. Introductions to Brian
• 01:06. The risk of overbuilding governance when introducing an AI strategy
• 02:36. Unknowns, data concerns, and other commonalities between AI and cloud adoption
• 04:27. The utility of AI frameworks: General purpose recommendations as a starting point
• 06:58. The importance of leading employees in getting the tools they need to be successful
• 10:42. Listening as a key method for strategic leaders to remove roadblocks to AI adoption
• 13:47. Final say as a means to make a strategic business decision and adapt as necessary
• 17:35. AI as artificial intelligence and the role of humans as sources of actual intelligence
• 19:56. Being a good Googler: An analogy for asking the right questions with AI prompting
• 23:46. The increasing volume and velocity of cyber attacks leveraging AI
• 24:00. The need to enhance defenders' skillsets using AI
• 27:08. An invitation to play with AI capability and see what it can do for you

Resources

• Episode 120: How Contextual Awareness Drives AI Governance
• AI Playbooks for SLTT Cybersecurity Leaders
• Episode 95: AI Augmentation and Its Impact on Cyber Defense
• OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications
• An Examination of Generative AI and Physical Threat Planning
• Prompt Injections: The Inherent Threat to Generative AI
• Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign

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