As a follow up to our CIO Forum event on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, we would like to give special thanks to our speakers, Reuven Aronashvili, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CYE,for his innovative discussion on Cyber Security and Robin Gordon, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at MetLife for her discussion on Responsible AI. It was great seeing everyone in person as we head into the holiday season.
Below are key takeaways from the meeting. Looking forward to seeing you all at our next event.
Rubi: Cyber Security
- Most successful attacks are actually not made public
- Russia cleverly often uses non-state actors for their attacks
- Stealing intellectual property is a huge concern; this is a common goal of Chinese sourced attacks
- Simple attacks remain effective, even often with outdated methods
- Silent Cyber attacks can be much more effective and enduring than kinetic attacks
Takeaways:
- Cyber protection can be improved
- There is no blanket state protection against Cyber attacks
- Enterprises should plan for hardening against Cyber attacks, to avoid being surprised and caught unaware
Robin: Responsible AI
- Responsible AI cannot be bolted onto legacy systems, or sprinkled into existing legacy processes
- AI Risk cannot be eliminated, without totally squashing the upside potential
- AI Risk Management is not “one and done!”. It is an agile, iterative and multidimensional undertaking. It is a paradigm “Shift Left” that requires a revisiting with potentially totally new approaches
- AI requires a major change from the normal corporate philosophy to create processes to completely control risk
- There are many aspects to AI Risk Management, which include controlling data bias, moral, ethical,diversity, governance, and control
- The good news is AI itself can be designed to adjust for bias
- AI itself, resists these controls, as rapid progress is diametrically opposed to complete control. Ultimately there is a balance to be found between opportunity and risk
- AI ultimately needs regulation and regulatory oversight
Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday season!
thanks,
-malka
Malka Treuhaft
Executive Director East Coast CIO Forum & President
Truision Inc.
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Reuven Aronashvili’s Bio
Reuven is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CYE • Founding team of the Israeli army Red-Team, Section 21 • Founding team of the Israeli army Incident Response Team • Trusted advisor of multiple Fortune 500 C-Level executives • Head of Hyver global cyber security expert’s community • US DHS certified world class ICS/SCADA cybersecurity expert • B.Sc and M.Sc in Computer Science and Math from Tel-Aviv University
Robin Gordon’s Bio
Robin Gordon is MetLife’s Chief Data and Analytics Officer. In this role, she manages MetLife’s enterprise data priorities across governance, data management, business intelligence, artificial intelligence (AI), and strategy. Her focus at MetLife is to support differentiation and operational efficiency through the innovative use of data and insights. Robin has vast experience understanding digital transformation and building dynamic teams, as well as connecting human and digital experiences to reimagine business and operating models all while driving digital and analytics and AI innovation. She joined MetLife in March 2021 from Blackstone where she was a Chief Information Officer leading the technology and data organization for multiple companies within their real estate portfolio. There, Robin helped accelerate the customer-centric innovation journey resulting in better property management, deal decisioning, and portfolio optimization. She also helped build a metrics-driven organization and migrated the company’s infrastructure to the cloud. Previously, Robin was the Chief Data Officer for CoreLogic where she engineered a digital transformation working across all business units to overhaul customer journeys, build advanced analytics use cases, and deploy a modernized data architecture. She managed implementation of an integrated cloud-based data and analytics platform for new product development that resulted in increased organic growth. She has also led teams responsible for data technology and customer analytics at Dun and Bradstreet and several insurance companies. Robin has been named one of Digital Insurance’s 2022 Women in Insurance Leadership and is a Triangle Business Journal 2022 CEO and C-Suite of the Year Awards winner. Gordon has been an advocate for diversity and women in technology throughout her career. She holds a bachelor of Ecommerce, Economics and Information Systems degree from the University of South Africa and Master of Business Administration from The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business.
