A must-watch for CIOs and CISOs navigating the balance between AI deployment speed and enterprise governance.
In this episode, Ravi Soin shares how he leads security at Smartsheet, a work execution platform used by 85% of the Fortune 500. After building products at Sun Microsystems, RealNetworks, and Microsoft, then spending 15 years building and securing technology in regulated healthcare, Ravi brings both a builder's and a CISO's perspective to enterprise AI. He explains how leaders can put governance into the product itself so security supports faster innovation, stronger customer trust, and measurable business value.
Why you should watch: If you are a CIO or CISO being asked to deploy AI faster than your governance model can keep up, Ravi's perspective on what actually enables innovation versus what simply adds controls will sharpen how you approach product security and the board conversation.
Ravi explains:
- Why shadow AI is becoming a governance problem even inside sophisticated enterprises
- How combining the CIO and CISO mindset changes the balance between innovation and guardrails
- The responsible AI principle that keeps enterprise agents auditable without stopping teams from moving quickly
- How Ravi responds when a product team wants to ship an AI agent to Fortune 500 customers in three weeks
- Why shrinking exploit timelines make security fundamentals more important, not less
- How AI governance can become part of the profit equation, not just a cost center
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