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Leveraging AI While Managing Cybersecurity Risks with Dr. Derek Smith

Leveraging AI While Managing Cybersecurity Risks with Dr. Derek Smith

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AI is a challenge that business leaders are going to have to deal with, and finding a balance between pushing innovation and managing cybersecurity risk is essential. Today on Leadership Blueprints, we are joined by former DHS Deputy Director, veteran, author, keynote speaker, and federal cybersecurity operations expert, Dr. Derek Smith, to discuss how AI makes us more efficient! Tuning in, you’ll hear all about the biggest concerns when it comes to AI and cybersecurity risk, how leaders can encourage their employees to play with tools like AI without putting the organization at risk, what leaders need to be aware of when it comes to cybersecurity attacks, and more! Derek goes on to tell us about his training company, Certify IT Academy, and what it does before discussing some of the leadership lessons Derek has learned during the course of his career that have allowed him to push innovation while managing risk. We even delve into how our guest has found balance in his impressive, busy career and personal life. Finally, we talk about Derek’s favorite books (self-written and in general), how he leverages AI in his writing, his favorite leadership quotes, and dream dinner guests. To hear all this and even be encouraged to enable people to use AI as a tool in order to be a better leader, be sure to press play now! Key Points From This Episode:Welcoming Dr. Derek Smith to the show and introducing today’s topic. What leaders are concerned about when it comes to AI and cybersecurity risk. How leaders can encourage the use of AI tools without putting organizations at risk. What leaders should know about cybersecurity attacks and how they can get ahead.Derek tells us a bit about his cybersecurity training company and what they do. Some lessons he’s learned that allowed him to push innovation while managing risk. How compartmentalization and AI have allowed Derek to accomplish so much. Our guest talks about some of his favorite books that he’s written and has read. How long it takes Derek to write a book and how he leverages AI for his writing. Derek shares his favorite leadership quotes and ideal dinner guests (dead or alive).Quotes:“When you introduce anything into your environment, [or] your network, [or] whatever, it’s going to come with inherent risk, and so does AI.” — Dr. Derek Smith [0:03:03]“Your leadership experience [and] the things that you’ve been through cannot be duplicated in AI right now.” — Dr. Derek Smith [0:06:00]“AI is going to replace people. The ones [who] are going to stick around are the ones like us who learn how to use AI.” — Dr. Derek Smith [0:09:55]“If you don’t allow people to ‘fail forward’ and learn from that, they’re never going to grow.” — Dr. Derek Smith [0:15:55]“AI is helping me be smarter, helping me be able to learn faster, [and] helping me remember more.” — Dr. Derek Smith [0:20:23]“Find that one thing you can be great at and then go out and be great!” — Dr. Derek Smith [0:29:05]Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:Dr. Derek Smith Dr. Derek Smith on LinkedInDr. Derek Smith on YouTube Dr. Derek Smith on IMDBCertify IT Academy The AI-Powered DefenderCybersenseDerek’s First NovelZapp!Brag! The Power of FocusLeadership Blueprints PodcastLeadership Blueprints Podcast on YouTubeMCFAMCFA CareersBJ Kraemer on LinkedIn
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