Author: Derrick D. JacksonTitle: Founder & Senior Director of Cloud Security Architecture & RiskCredentials: CISSP, CRISC, CCSPLast updated: July 28th, 2025 Safe AI Usage: The Complete Workplace Guide Scope: This Safe AI Usage guide covers AI usage for typical business applications (content creation, analysis, customer support) used by knowledge workers. For organizations developing high-risk AI systems or […]
Author: Derrick D. JacksonTitle: Founder & Senior Director of Cloud Security Architecture & RiskCredentials: CISSP, CRISC, CSSPLast updated June 2nd, 2025 Article 2 in the Executive AI Leadership Series Building Your AI Governance Framework: From Strategy to Implementation The Reality Check You’ve made the case. The board understands AI governance isn’t optional. But what matters is […]
A comparative analysis showing how different approaches to AI frameworks serve distinct organizational needs while maintaining industry alignment. In this article you will learn: The Reality Check As organizations race to implement AI systems, they’re juggling security threats, regulatory demands, and business pressures all at once. It’s messy, and frankly, it’s not surprising. Around 70% […]
AI Governance Hub / AI Use Case Tracker Why Your Organization Needs a Comprehensive AI Use Case Tracker And What to Track: The 40-Field Guide for Complete AI Visibility Derrick D. Jackson | CISSP, CRISC, CCSP | Updated May 2025 ∼12 min read 40Fields 5Categories 8Frameworks On This Page Introduction 40 Fields Explorer Risk Tier […]
The Need for Explainable AI Between 2013 and 2019, the Dutch tax authority’s algorithm flagged 26,000 families as potential fraudsters. The system worked exactly as programmed, spotting patterns in childcare benefit claims. But when investigators finally understood what the algorithm was doing, they discovered it was using nationality as a hidden factor. The result: thousands […]
AI Explainability Your smartphone can recognize your face in milliseconds. But ask it why it thinks that’s you instead of your twin, and you’ll get digital silence. Or a Confabulation (le’t s keep it real). This isn’t a small problem. We’re building AI systems that make medical diagnoses, approve loans, and control autonomous vehicles. Yet […]
The Competitive Chasm: Act Now or Fall Behind? The global AI market is at a turning point, a moment where decisions today will shape outcomes for years to come. Imagine this: in 2024, the market is valued at $279 billion, but by 2030, it’s projected to soar to $1.8 trillion, growing at a stunning annual […]
Introducing The 7-Stage AI Lifecycle Framework Artificial intelligence has rocketed from a speculative venture to business reality. But as organizations rush to implement new models and automate processes, plenty of well-intentioned AI projects stall out, plagued by governance blind spots, regulatory surprises, or plain old miscommunication between business, technical, and legal teams. The pressure is […]
Author: Derrick D. JacksonTitle: Founder & Senior Director of Cloud Security Architecture & RiskCredentials: CISSP, CRISC, CSSPLast updated May 13th, 2025 AI Lifecycle Governance – Milestone 1 of 13: Objectives & Problem Definition So, let’s get into it. AI governance can feel daunting. Trust me, I know. As AI works its way into the vast majority […]
UNDERSTANDING AI BIAS As organizations increasingly rely on Artificial Intelligence (AI) across sectors such as healthcare, hiring, finance, and public safety, understanding and mitigating embedded biases (AI bias) within these systems is vital. Left unaddressed, these biases pose significant threats, including exacerbating systemic discrimination, creating ethical and legal challenges, eroding public trust, and negatively impacting […]