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The Board's Role in an AI Incident
A structured AI tabletop exercise can identify escalation gaps, clarify decision-making authority, and prepare boards to govern autonomous system failures before a real crisis hits.
When an artificial intelligence system causes harm, the board will not be asked whether it responded quickly. Instead, it will be asked: Why was this system allowed to act this way?
Many boards assume AI incidents look like cybersecurity incidents, but they don’t, and rehearsing for the wrong scenario could leave directors unprepared when it matters most. ...
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Jeffrey Brown, NACD.DC®, is chief security advisor for financial services at Microsoft Corp. and serves on multiple corporate boards. He specializes in the intersection of AI governance, cybersecurity risk, and board oversight.
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