E557 ‘AI Governance and Cyber Threats’ with KontentAI’s Matej Zachar

Today's guest is Matej Zachar, CIO and CISO at Kontent.ai. Founded in 2015, Kontent.ai help content-driven organizations in regulated industries like healthcare and insurance overcome complex content challenges. They do this by bringing complete control and efficiency to every aspect of content management. At the core of Kontent.ai's work is a commitment to helping clients streamline content operations, reduce risk and enable teams to deliver high-quality content at scale.

Matej Zachar is a security, privacy and IT executive with a track record of leading award-winning teams. He has built numerous security, privacy and IT programs and managed the security of over 400 products and cloud services. At Kontent.ai, he owns the IT and security strategies and programs, leads both IT and Security Team, and manages risks. He is also the chair of the Security Steering Committee, a member of the Responsible AI Committee, Privacy Team and Corporate Compliance Committee.

In this episode, Matej talks about:

0:00 His career working at the intersection of AI and Cybersecurity

2:20 Secure AI governance builds trust amid evolving regulations

4:33 How AI governance reveals reliance on vendors and data risks

6:14 Vendor negotiations depend on company size and bargaining power

7:27 Why AI adoption and customer sentiment are key success measures

8:57 Advice to stay curious, adapt to change and commit to continuous learning

9:58 Risk rises with understaffing and AI-driven phishing attacks

12:30 How automation effectively speeds up tedious security tasks and triage

To find out more about all the great work happening at Kontent.ai, check out the website www.kontent.ai