The intersection of rapid cloud adoption and artificial intelligence has fundamentally reshaped the government's digital ecosystem. These interconnected architectures drive unparalleled mission agility and capability.
This panel brings together Mike Duffy, Acting Federal Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Mitch Herckis, Global Head of Government Affairs for Wiz, to dismantle the security implications of this new technical paradigm.

The discussion will focus on how the combination of cloud-native infrastructure and AI workloads creates complex systems with highly unique attack surfaces—where minor misconfigurations and overly permissive identities create toxic combinations of risk that adversaries can exploit at automated speeds. The speakers will address the limitations of compliance checklists and the shift to new paradigms of risk prioritization, real-time visibility and automated responses. Attendees will gain insights into how the federal enterprise is adapting policy frameworks and defensive postures to securely govern AI-enabled systems and meet the pace of innovation.