Understanding AI and Cyber Risk Management with Yakir Golan

About this episode

The episode explores the intersection of AI and compliance with a focus on cyber risk management and the implications of generative AI.

What is the intersection of AI and compliance? What about Machine Learning? Are you using ChatGPT? These questions are just three of the many we will explore in this cutting-edge podcast series, Compliance and AI, hosted by Tom Fox, the award-winning Voice of Compliance. Today, Tom visits with Yakir Golan, CEO & Co-Founder at Kovrr, who shares his professional journey from the Israeli intelligence community to his current role at Kovrr. They discuss Kovrr’s business, focusing on Cyber Risk Quantification (CRQ) and recent developments in AI risk governance. Yakir explains the evolution of AI’s impact on business workflows and the risks posed by generative AI, including ‘insider AI scenarios.’ He emphasizes the importance of a proactive approach to managing AI risks and of using financial models to report them to executives. The conversation also touches on balancing innovation with global regulatory requirements and the need for robust governance frameworks. Yakir underscores the importance of ongoing risk assessments, sound analytics, and communication strategies to enable compliance officers and corporate leaders to manage AI and cyber risks effectively. Key highlights: Impact…

People in this episode

Host: Thomas Fox

Guest: Yakir Golan

Topics covered

• AI and compliance
• Cyber Risk Quantification
• AI risk governance
• generative AI risks
• proactive risk management
• regulatory requirements
• governance frameworks

Keywords

• AI
• compliance
• cyber risk
• risk management
• generative AI
• Kovrr
• financial models
• governance
• analytics
• regulations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kovrr, Israeli intelligence community

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