Our Guardrails Only Fail When You Try To Go Around Them (LIVE in Seattle)

Our Guardrails Only Fail When You Try To Go Around Them (LIVE in Seattle)

Author: David Spark, Mike Johnson, and Andy Ellis September 17, 2024 Duration: 44:36

All links and images for this episode can be found on CISO Series.

This week's episode was recorded in front of a live audience in Seattle as part of the National Cybersecurity Alliance's event Convene. Recording is hosted by me, David Spark (@dspark), producer of CISO Series and Nicole Ford, SVP and CISO, Nordstrom. Joining us is guest, Varsha Agrawal, head of information security, Prosper Marketplace.

In this episode:

  • Who guards the AI guardrails?
  • What should security awareness training look like?
  • The authentication point of failure
  • Uncommon sense

Thanks to our podcast sponsors, KnowBe4, Proofpoint, and Vanta!

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