Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how K–12 and public sector organizations operate. From teachers and staff experimenting with public GenAI tools to formal rollouts, AI adoption is accelerating faster than governance frameworks can keep up.

For CISOs, CIOs, CTOs and Security Directors in California SLED organizations, this creates a new data security inflection point. Sensitive student records, HR data, financial information and regulated content are increasingly exposed to prompt input, AI model processing and autonomous AI agents. The question is no longer whether AI will be used but how to enable it responsibly without losing control of sensitive data.

In this session, you'll discover: 

• A clear, grounded introduction to GenAI and its data exposure risks 
• Real-world examples of AI misuse, oversharing, and unintended data leakage
• Governance challenges unique to K12 and SLED environments
• How modern data security programs provide visibility into sensitive data before it’s exposed to AI
• How to control sanctioned and unsanctioned GenAI tools and securely roll out enterprise AI
• How technologies enforce policy and monitor AI agent access to institutional data