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Own AI Securely: The SANS Secure AI Blueprint

Own AI Securely: The SANS Secure AI Blueprint (PDF, 1.73MB)Published: 09 Sep, 2025
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Rob T. Lee
Rob T. Lee

AI adoption is moving faster than AI security. Organizations are leveraging powerful AI systems without the controls to protect them, and adversaries are already exploiting the gap. The SANS Secure AI Blueprint provides a proven model for reducing risk and owning AI securely. Structured around three imperatives — Protect AI, Utilize AI, Govern AI — it helps organizations safeguard critical systems, establish accountable governance, and deploy AI with confidence.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Why AI adoption is accelerating faster than enterprise security readiness
  • The risks that emerge when controls, oversight, and governance are missing
  • How the SANS Secure AI Blueprint provides clarity through protecting AI systems, utilizing AI in defense, and meeting evolving governance standards. 
  • Practical steps boards, leaders, practitioners, and engineers can take today to reduce organizational exposure
  • How SANS equips teams with training, frameworks, and governance models to secure AI at scale

For more than three decades, SANS has set the global standard for cybersecurity training and frameworks. Today, as AI transforms enterprise environments and the cyber threat landscape, SANS is leading the way in secure AI adoption — giving organizations and practitioners the skills, expertise, and readiness needed to reduce risk while maintaining the velocity of innovation.

Meet the Author

Rob Lee
Rob Lee

Rob T. Lee

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Rob T. Lee is Chief of Research and Chief AI Officer at SANS Institute, where he leads research, mentors faculty, and helps cybersecurity teams and executive leaders prepare for AI and emerging threats.

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