IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. + AI Governance Global ‘26

Speaking session

Establishing Trust in an Era of AI and Infinite Data; A Four Phased Approach

• Thursday, October 8th
• 2:15 - 3:15 PM PT

AI is not just changing technology. It is breaking the operating assumptions behind modern governance.

For years, privacy and compliance programs have relied on static inventories, manual reviews, fragmented controls, and governance processes built for a slower world. But AI systems move continuously, act autonomously, and operate across data ecosystems far too large for traditional oversight models to manage.

So what does trust look like in a world of infinite data and intelligent systems?

This session introduces a four-phased approach for building operational trust infrastructure in the AI era:

• Visibility; You cannot govern what you cannot see.
• Hygiene; Bad data governance becomes catastrophic at AI scale.
• Controls; Policies are meaningless until they become enforceable.
• Orchestration; Trust is not a workflow. It is a living system.

The session will also explore the next frontier most organizations are not prepared for yet: resiliency. Because when autonomous systems inevitably fail, drift, hallucinate, overreach, or take unintended action, organizations will need the ability not only to detect and respond, but to recover.

This is not a session about theoretical AI principles. It is a practical blueprint for evolving privacy and governance programs into adaptive trust architectures capable of operating at the speed and scale of AI.

Key Takeaways

Attendees will leave with:

• Insight into the four foundational phases of AI trust maturity: visibility, hygiene, controls, and orchestration.
• Real-world strategies for translating governance principles into enforceable technical controls and scalable operational processes.
• Guidance for aligning privacy, security, data governance, and AI governance into a unified trust strategy rather than isolated compliance functions.
• Actionable ideas for preparing organizations to govern AI systems continuously, adaptively, and at enterprise scale.

Cassandra Maldini

Head of Privacy, Governance & AI Trust Strategy, Veeam

Shannon Ralich

Vice President of Compliance and Chief Privacy Officer, Machinify

Arsen Kulyk

Senior Privacy Counsel, Snowflake