Securing New Limits: Protecting the Pathway for AI Innovation
RSA Conference 2024 · West Stage Keynote
In this compelling keynote at RSAC 2024, Kevin Skapinetz, Vice President of Security Strategy at IBM, joined by Rosa Bolger, Vice President and Distinguished Engineer at IBM, addressed the profound and dual impact of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly **Generative AI (GenAI)**, on the cybersecurity landscape. The talk underscored the critical juncture the industry faces: AI represents an unprecedented force multiplier capable of extending human limits and enhancing productivity, yet it simultaneously introduces a vast, complex, and largely unsecured new attack surface. The central theme revolved around the urgent imperative for the security community to proactively build security *into* AI and its burgeoning ecosystem, rather than attempting to retrofit existing defenses.