“𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 — and protecting someone’s ability to express themselves.” — Tom Vincent, CISSP, CRCM, CIPP/US Tom Vincent is a lawyer working across cybersecurity, privacy, AI, compliance and digital governance, and a Partner at Pierson Ferdinand LLP. He also teaches cybersecurity law and policy at The University of Tulsa College of Law. In our conversation, we explored how AI is changing digital identity, privacy and the way cybersecurity risks need to be understood. “There’s an access to elements of identity that 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝟏𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨.” Tom also warns that cybersecurity cannot be reduced to technical controls alone: “𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦?” As AI becomes increasingly embedded in everyday devices and platforms, the questions around personal data, identity and access become much bigger than individual priv...