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"Scaling AI Securely: From Shadow AI to Compliance"

AI is everywhere in your stack. You need visibility, guardrails, and evidence that stands up to scrutiny. In this session we show how to discover shadow AI, reduce risk from prompt abuse and misconfigurations, align to regulations, and report progress with clear metrics. You leave with a 90-day plan that works in real teams.

As Artificial Intelligence becomes embedded in every layer of the enterprise technology stack, organizations face a new frontier of cybersecurity and compliance challenges. No longer confined to research labs or innovation pilots, AI now drives customer interactions, shapes product decisions, and powers operational processes across industries. But with this rapid adoption comes an equally rapid expansion of risk. Shadow AI systems and applications adopted without formal oversight, creates blind spots. Misconfigurations and unsafe data paths expose sensitive information. Prompt manipulation threatens the integrity of outputs and decisions. At the same time, regulators worldwide are accelerating the release of new frameworks, from the EU AI Act to the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and ISO standards, demanding evidence of control, accountability, and trustworthiness.

Scaling AI Securely: From Shadow AI to Compliance is a Cybersecurity Awareness Month webinar designed to equip leaders with the clarity, strategies, and tools they need to manage this evolving landscape. Hosted by IBM and Smarttech247, the session brings together Mike Kehoe, Leader for Data Security at IBM, and Robert Kehoe, Director of Product & Technology at Smarttech247, moderated by Gavan Egan, Smarttech247’s Director of Sales & Marketing. Together, they will combine global enterprise insights with field-level experience to demonstrate how organizations can move from fragmented oversight to structured, business-aligned AI governance.

The discussion begins by framing why AI risk today is fundamentally different from traditional IT or cloud security concerns. Unlike familiar infrastructures, AI introduces unique threat vectors such as model manipulation, unmonitored APIs, and the subtle risks of adversarial prompts. Attendees will hear sector-specific insights from banking, healthcare, and manufacturing, highlighting how these risks manifest differently depending on industry priorities, data sensitivity, and regulatory oversight.

From there, the session moves into practical strategies. Participants will learn how to systematically discover shadow AI across applications, data flows, and teams, creating a clear inventory of usage and risks. They will explore which vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in AI pipelines matter most, including unsafe data paths and vulnerable components that adversaries exploit. Prompt security will be covered in depth, including how to define enforceable policies, conduct structured testing, and monitor for ongoing abuse. Governance will be translated into practical steps, with plain-language guidance on mapping regulatory requirements such as the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and ISO standards into operational security processes without overwhelming teams.

The webinar emphasizes usable governance over abstract policy. A key outcome is a practical 90-day rollout plan that balances people, process, and technology. Attendees will walk away with a roadmap for establishing cross-functional ownership of AI risk, rapidly deploying discovery tools, introducing high-impact guardrails, and building an AI risk scorecard that communicates progress clearly to both executives and regulators. Early milestones will be highlighted to help teams demonstrate quick wins while laying the groundwork for sustainable, long-term compliance.

Participants will also see how integrated technologies such as Guardium AI and Smarttech247’s VisionX platform deliver joint benefits for AI detection, investigation, and reporting. Real-world case perspectives will show how organizations are already applying these approaches in the field, avoiding both the paralysis of waiting for regulation to mature and the risks of unchecked AI adoption.

The session will close with an interactive Q&A moderated by Gavan Egan, giving attendees the opportunity to raise their own sector-specific challenges and get actionable advice from experienced practitioners.

By the end of the hour, participants will not only understand the dimensions of AI security and compliance but also have in hand a concrete, fielded 90-day plan for scaling AI securely. Whether you are a security leader defending against emerging threats, a compliance officer tasked with aligning to evolving frameworks, or a business executive seeking evidence of trustworthy AI adoption, this session equips you to act decisively and with confidence.

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