AI's Double-Edged Sword: Navigating Risks While Unlocking Opportunities

Costello will share insight from CISA’s strategic action plan, which focuses on responsible AI use, securing AI systems and mitigating AI-related threats to critical infrastructure. Additionally, the discussion will highlight the evolving cyber risks and how AI can be leveraged to enhance national security. Attendees will also learn how their organizations can utilize AI to enhance their cybersecurity posture, with insights into CISA’s available resources and collaborative opportunities. This is a unique opportunity for information security practitioners in government to gain valuable insights from one of the leading voices in the field.

Key takeaways:

• Detailed understanding of CISA’s AI road map: Learn the specific steps and timelines in CISA’s comprehensive plan for integrating AI into national cybersecurity efforts, including key initiatives and expected outcomes.
• Best Practices for secure AI system development: Gain in-depth knowledge of CISA’s guidelines for secure AI system development, including specific risk mitigation techniques, compliance requirements, and examples of successful implementation.
• Advanced strategies to protect critical infrastructure: Discover CISA’s latest strategies for using AI to defend against sophisticated threats targeting critical infrastructure, with real-world examples, actionable recommendations, and insights into collaboration with international partners and private sector stakeholders.
• Leveraging AI for enhanced cybersecurity: Explore how organizations can implement AI to improve their cybersecurity posture, utilizing resources and guidance from CISA to stay ahead of emerging threats and enhance overall cyber resilience.

Join this session to hear from Wiz why organizations are adopting AI-SPM (AI- Security Posture Management) into their CNAPP strategy and how you can effectively secure AI workloads in the cloud while accelerating AI innovation securely.

Key discussion points:

• Current Threat Landscape: Identifying the most significant attacks and attackers impacting organizations today. Understand the prevalent and dangerous cyber threats that enterprises face.
• Evolving Attack Surface: Assessing how the attack surface has changed over the past year and the implications for security strategies. Explore how digital transformation and remote work have expanded vulnerabilities.
• AI in Cybersecurity: Exploring the dual role of AI in both facilitating cyber attacks and bolstering cybersecurity defenses. Discuss how AI is used by adversaries and defenders alike.
• Defensive Adaptations: Reviewing the advancements and shortcomings in security defenses over the past year. Highlight effective measures, existing gaps, and innovative solutions.

Join Ronan Murphy, a Member of the AI Advisory Council for the Government of Ireland, and Forcepoint’s Vice President of Product Management, Jaimen Hoopes, for an in-depth look at the benefits and risks of popular Generative AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot and others and more importantly, a glimpse at a technology designed to secure Generative AI usage.

Learn about the modern security for GenAI tools and the latest tools to minimize risk and maximize productivity and efficiency. In this 30-minute discussion, our panelists will cover:

• A brief history of the benefits of GenAI tools
• Recent security concerns for GenAI tools pulled straight from the headlines
• What AI transformation is and how provisions for securing AI are crucial
• What is ‘AI Mesh’ and how it provides the advantage
• How DSPM and AI Mesh work together to secure GenAI

In this session, we will cover:

• The importance of AI-fitness and wellness.
• The risks of not being secure before adoption.
• Surprising survey results on organisational AI readiness.
• Foundational steps to building an AI. protection strategy for your SDLC.
• Key features to look out for in your chosen protection.

Our panel of leading CISOs will offer an unfiltered glimpse into the strategic deployment of AI by information security practitioners. These industry leaders will share their direct experiences, focusing on the transformative role AI plays in enhancing security measures, the challenges of integrating AI into existing frameworks, and the innovative strategies developed to mitigate associated risks. Attendees will leave with a comprehensive perspective on strategic AI integration, including:

• Real-world deployment: Delve into how top organizations have successfully integrated AI into their security operations, highlighting the decision-making processes, implementation strategies, and adjustments made to align AI initiatives with security goals.
• Navigating challenges: Unpack the hurdles encountered by CISOs in adopting AI, from overcoming data bias and ensuring privacy to securing AI systems against adversarial attacks, and the practical solutions that were employed.
• Mitigating risks: Gain actionable insights into the risk management practices refined through firsthand experiences, including the development of robust frameworks to assess and mitigate the unique risks posed by AI.
• Adapting to an AI-driven security landscape: Learn from the foresight and adaptability of leading security practitioners as they prepare their organizations for the future, ensuring resilience against the evolving threat landscape influenced by AI.

Couple this with the complexity of navigating your own unique data estate and infrastructure and the constantly evolving nature of attacks. Making mistakes can cost millions along with irreparable brand damage. And if we are talking about critical infrastructure impacted by cyberattacks, such as healthcare and public utilities, human lives could be at stake.

Cook will discuss how IT and security teams, at all levels of cyber expertise, can leverage AI to accelerate cyber investigation and recovery.

This session, tailored for experienced cybersecurity practitioners, will delve into the critical legal issues surrounding gen AI. The session will provide an overview of the latest gen AI technologies and their implications. It will explore intellectual property law issues, including potential legal risks, IP litigation, indemnification, and practical legal recommendations. Additionally, it will address privacy and cybersecurity law, emphasizing the importance of these principles and the unique risks posed by gen AI. Attendees will gain insights into the U.S. regulatory landscape and the EU AI Act, essential legal considerations for maintaining privacy and cybersecurity, and best practices for AI governance. This comprehensive session aims to equip cybersecurity practitioners with the knowledge and strategies needed to navigate the evolving legal landscape of gen AI effectively.

Key takeaways:

• Understand the latest gen AI technologies and their impact on cybersecurity;
• Identify and mitigate IP risks associated with AI;
• Navigate the complex regulatory landscapes of privacy and cybersecurity law;
• Implement AI governance practices to ensure ethical and compliant use of AI.

However, as AI algorithms increasingly influence medical decision-making, concerns about bias and discrimination have become more apparent. These biases can arise from inherent issues in AI datasets, algorithmic design, and implementation, potentially perpetuating disparities in healthcare delivery and outcomes. This session will delve into the ethical, legal, and security implications of healthcare discrimination facilitated by AI, including the erosion of trust, patient harm, and legal challenges. We will explore how AI’s blind spots can inadvertently reinforce existing biases and how representative datasets can help mitigate these challenges.

Join us to examine the following key areas:

• Biases in AI datasets: Understand how biases in training data can lead to unequal healthcare outcomes and discuss the importance of using diverse and representative datasets.
• Algorithmic design, implementation and security: Analyze how design choices and system vulnerabilities can influence the fairness and safety of AI applications.
• Mitigation and protection strategies: Discuss effective strategies to mitigate bias in AI healthcare applications, emphasizing the need for ongoing oversight, ethical standards, and robust security measures to ensure equitable and ethical use of AI in healthcare.

As organizations harness the power of AI to fortify their cybersecurity posture, a pivotal challenge emerges: striking the delicate balance between robust threat prevention and the protection of individual and organizational privacy.

This session will address the need to safeguard data privacy, along with the governance and compliance considerations necessitated by the proliferation of AI utilization. Beyond simply identifying challenges, this session will serve as a practical guide, offering actionable strategies for the ethical implementation of AI in cybersecurity operations.

Tailored for CISOs, IT professionals, data scientists, and all stakeholders intrigued by the intricate interplay of AI, ethics, and security, the discussion aims to shape a responsible and privacy-conscious approach to AI deployment.

Key discussion points:

• Privacy-preserving AI techniques: Explore cutting-edge techniques and technologies designed to enable the use of AI without compromising individual privacy, including federated learning, homomorphic encryption, and other approaches that allow AI models to be trained without accessing raw, sensitive data.
• Consent and data governance: Examine the role of informed consent in the context of AI applications, best practices for transparently obtaining user consent, and strategies for effective data governance in compliance with evolving privacy regulations.
• Accountability and transparency in AI practices: Discuss the importance of implementing accountability measures and ensuring transparency in AI operations to build trust and enable verification. Examine frameworks for auditing AI systems, the role of explainable AI in understanding decision-making processes, and policies for addressing biases and errors that impact privacy and data security.

Join us for a thought-provoking discussion that explores the intersection of technology, governance, and the expanding use of artificial intelligence across public and private sectors alike.

U.S. Rep. Foster will discuss:

• How Congress, through bipartisan collaboration, is navigating the promises and complexities of AI’s transformative use cases;
• The strategic initiatives outlined by the Task Force, including guiding principles and forward-looking recommendations;
• Bipartisan policy proposals developed in consultation with key committees of jurisdiction.