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Our virtual library is an online repository of all of the reports, papers, and briefings that IST has produced, as well as works that have influenced our thinking.

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TechnologIST Talks: Looking Back and Looking Ahead: Deep Dive on the New Cybersecurity Executive Order

Carole House, Megan Stifel, and Steve Kelly

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TechnologIST Talks: The Offense-Defense Balance

Philip Reiner and Heather Adkins

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Reports

The Generative Identity Initiative: Exploring Generative AI’s Impact on Cognition, Society, and the Future

Gabrielle Tran, Eric Davis

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TechnologIST Talks: A Transatlantic Perspective on Quantum Tech

Megan Stifel and Markus Pflitsch

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TechnologIST Talks: The Future is Quantum

Megan Stifel and Stefan Leichenauer

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Reports

Navigating AI Compliance, Part 1: Tracing Failure Patterns in History

Mariami Tkeshelashvili, Tiffany Saade

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TechnologIST Talks: The Cleantech Boom

Steve Kelly and Dr. Alex Gagnon

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TechnologIST Talks: The Offense-Defense Balance

Philip Reiner and Heather Adkins

SUMMARY

In this special episode of TechnologIST Talks centered on the implications of AI in cybersecurity, IST CEO Philip Reiner is joined by Heather Adkins, a 22-year Google veteran and founding member of the Google Security Team. As VP of Security Engineering, she built the global team responsible for maintaining the safety and security of Google’s networks, systems, and applications. Heather is also a member of IST Ransomware Task Force Steering Committee, where she provides support, guidance, and oversight on ongoing RTF lines of effort. Philip and Heather sat down to discuss the implications of AI on the offense-defense balance.

“There are no rules, and no amount of laws and regulations that we put in place are ever going to impact how they use it,” Heather said.

How did Heather get started at Google? What did the threat landscape look like in 2002, and how has it changed over the course of her tenure? Join us for this and more on this episode of TechnologIST Talks.