Overview

AI can help agencies put sensitive data to work in new ways, but moving from a promising use case to trusted deployment raises a harder question: Can the AI itself meet the compliance bar? For agencies handling CJIS, HIPAA and other mission-critical data, choosing a secure cloud or a well-known AI provider isn’t enough. Leaders need to understand where their data goes, who can access it and what happens to it while an AI model is at work.

That’s where shared responsibility gets complicated. Compliance depends on the entire environment around the model — from encryption and access controls to data residency and human oversight — and on knowing exactly what the agency, cloud provider and application vendor are each responsible for.

Join Government Technology for a practical conversation about what agency leaders should know before allowing AI anywhere near sensitive data. We’ll unpack the risks without getting lost in technical jargon and give CIOs, chiefs, compliance and privacy officers, and procurement leaders a clear set of questions they can use to evaluate AI providers, challenge assumptions and make more informed decisions about where AI belongs.

Why watch:

Know what compliant AI actually requires.
Ask vendors the questions that expose hidden risk.
Spot shadow AI before sensitive data is exposed.

Speakers

Gerard Gallant

Founder and CEO, 2G Advisory LLC

Gerard J. Gallant is the Founder and CEO of 2G Advisory LLC, a strategic consulting firm specializing in criminal justice technology modernization, cloud security, and regulatory compliance. With over 35 years of deep industry expertise spanning the entire technology lifecycle, Gerard is a recognized authority on navigating the complexities of the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy.

Prior to founding 2G Advisory, Gerard served as the CJIS Program Leader at Amazon Web Services (AWS). He was the principal architect of AWS’s public sector CJIS compliance initiatives, serving as a vital point person for state, local, and federal agencies, as well as prominent industry partners who provide solutions to these agencies.

Throughout his career, Gerard has held leadership roles bridging data security, privacy, product engineering, systems implementation, and business development for world-class organizations, including KPMG, HP/EDS, Oracle, and Motorola Solutions.

Gerard holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Information Systems and is a credentialed Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Accountant (CA). Under his leadership, 2G Advisory LLC delivers hands-on advisory services that help technology providers and public sector agencies bridge the gap between advanced cloud innovation and compliance.

Doug Gartner

Principal Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services

Doug Gartner is a Principal Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS) with over 18 years of software engineering experience, specializing in distributed systems and data engineering. He assists strategic technology partners and public sector agencies with their technical application architectures, having designed and architected numerous large-scale data systems and applications. Prior to joining AWS, Mr. Gartner spent a number of years in the US intelligence community, where he focused on building secure, scalable applications for mission-critical environments. He is a highly proficient data engineer with deep expertise in large-scale data architectures and cloud-native solutions. Mr. Gartner is also an experienced educator, having taught software engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) for four years. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Maryland and maintains multiple industry certifications that reflect his commitment to technical excellence and continuous professional development.

Morgan Wright — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Morgan Wright is an internationally recognized expert on cybersecurity strategy, national security, intelligence, and public-safety technology. He is the CEO and Founder of the National Center for Open and Unsolved Cases (NCOUC), the first national nonprofit designed to enable structured collaboration between law enforcement and the public on open and unsolved cases. NCOUC is grant-funded by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Morgan is an analyst for many of the major cable news organizations and has made more than 1,000 appearances on television, radio, and digital media. In 2013, he was one of four experts invited to testify before Congress on the security of Healthcare.gov, and his testimony changed how the federal government protects personally identifiable information.

Morgan was the primary subject matter expert on the Law Enforcement Information Sharing Program (LEISP), which became the foundation for N-DEx, the FBI's National Data Exchange, and on the consolidation of the terror watch lists at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. At Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs, his team was the first to demonstrate and deploy a working network that would become FirstNet, the nationwide public safety broadband network.

Previously, Morgan was Chief Security Advisor for SentinelOne, a Senior Advisor in the US State Department Antiterrorism Assistance Program, and the Senior Law Enforcement Advisor for the 2012 Republican National Convention. He taught behavioral analysis at the National Security Agency and spent a year teaching the FBI how to conduct internet investigations. In addition to 18 years in state and local law enforcement as a highly decorated state trooper and detective, Morgan has developed solutions in defense, justice, and intelligence for the world's largest technology companies, including Cisco, SAIC, Unisys, and Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs.

Webinar

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