David Cass, Global Chief Information Security Officer at Keyrock and a former security leader at IBM and the Federal Reserve Bank, is listed as a featured speaker at Black Hat MEA (Source). His session addresses the full lifecycle of securing agentic AI systems, encompassing design, deployment, monitoring, and mitigation of risk across each phase of operation.
The session reflects Cass's cross-disciplinary focus on the intersection of artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency markets, regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity risk in regulated industries (Source). Agentic AI systems — autonomous software agents capable of executing multi-step tasks with limited human oversight — present distinct security and governance challenges that practitioners in financial services and other regulated sectors are only beginning to address in earnest.
Cass brings to the presentation a career spanning senior security roles at major financial and technology institutions, positioning his analysis for CISOs, compliance officers, and in-house counsel who must evaluate and manage AI-related risk within existing regulatory frameworks (Source).