Privacy, Data Security, and AI: Reasonable Precautions in an Unreasonable World

Description

This presentation explores modern confidentiality, data security, and AI-related professional obligations in an increasingly hostile and deceptive threat environment. It explains how evolving risks such as AI-generated phishing, account takeovers, deepfakes, and inadvertent data sharing intersect with long-standing ethical duties, emphasizing that competence today includes understanding both the benefits and risks of technology. Through real-world examples and practical guidance, the session reinforces core principles like the strategic pause, high-confidence verification, responsible use of generative AI, proper data storage, and personal accountability, concluding that reasonable precautions remain both expected and achievable even as tactics and technologies change.

Objective

Identify modern confidentiality, data security, and technology-competence obligations in today’s professional environment Recognize and respond to evolving social engineering threats, including AI-generated phishing, account takeovers, and deepfakes Apply verification, judgment, and supervision principles to the responsible use of generative AI tools Implement practical safeguards for protecting client and company data across work, travel, and personal technology use

Attendee Information

Mark McCreary, CIPP/US

Required Knowledge

None

Credit Types

CPE – Information Technology