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The Unlocked Door: AI Security and the Basics Your Company Is Probably Missing

A special weekend edition on AI security. This week exposed critical vulnerabilities in the platforms powering your AI stack, revealed that two-thirds of security leaders cannot see their own AI deployments, and delivered formal guidance from the NSA on AI supply chain risks.

Episode 1.17 · 12:56 · YPO Technology Network AI Brief

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The five-step playbook: Know what is running. Treat AI platforms like vendors. Enforce least privilege for AI agents. Keep sensitive data out of consumer AI tools. Log everything.

Hosted by Stephen Forte, Founder of BuildClub. Brought to you by the YPO Technology Network.

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