Securing the future of data: Navigating AI, sovereignty, and cyber threats

Hosted by SASIG in the City of London, this in-person event give attendees the opportunity to discuss the wide range topic of securing the future of data.

Harnessing data requires not only basic management of the various strands, but also a clear vision of how data can drive success. Organisations are increasingly reliant on the data they have collected and are vulnerable to the impacts of data theft, data manipulation, and data poisoning. It has quickly become the most valuable asset in today’s digital economy. Our rapid adoption of AI, including the data-hungry LLMs underpinning the generative phase, further underscores the criticality of data integrity.

Data management is not solely about resilience and security; it is also about application. The single datum serves as the building block of information, which, when further refined, becomes intelligence. Our ability to exploit data effectively defines success or failure. We hold data closely as a competitive enabler, but the greater challenge lies in enabling data sharing to improve our capacity for self-defence.

Cybersecurity is often described as a team effort, yet true collaboration requires the courage to share and the innovative processes to support it. Therefore, at this event, we will focus not only on protecting our data reserves, but also on how we can utilise them to benefit the common good. Failure to do so could have a detrimental effect on our future prosperity.