The race to build and deploy AI is on, and security teams are struggling to keep up. At Netskope, Deputy CISO James Robinson is on the front lines of this new battle. Robinson, who joined Netskope in 2023 after a decade in enterprise security leadership at Aetna and CVS Health, is responsible for securing the company's own AI development pipeline.

'''It's a whole new world,''' Robinson told CISO Internals. '''The old security playbooks don't apply. We have to be more agile, more collaborative, and more willing to experiment.'''

Robinson's top priority is to ensure that Netskope's AI models are not compromised by malicious actors. This includes everything from securing the data used to train the models to preventing the models from being used for malicious purposes. He is also working to build a security culture within the AI development team.

'''The developers are the first line of defense,''' Robinson said. '''We need to empower them to build secure AI from the ground up.'''

Robinson's advice for other CISOs who are grappling with the security implications of AI is to '''get your hands dirty.''' He encourages them to learn as much as they can about AI and to work closely with their development teams to build a security program that is tailored to the specific needs of their organization.