Omar JabbarProject Management and Digital Transformation Consultant| OGreen IT Service Inc.Ontario, Canada
ISO regards AI adoption as a threat to organizational cyber security standards, while PMOs consider it essential for project delivery. How can you balance the two? Have you experienced this before, and if so, how did you navigate through it?
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Community Specialist| Project Management InstituteNewtown Square, PA, United States
Hi Omar, thank you for posting a question! There have been some discussions within the online community on this topic of AI and security; you may find them interesting:
Head of Cloud Software & Services| Ericsson EMEAVictoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
The security concerns regarding AI adoption are an ongoing discussion that has gained lots of attention among stakeholders around the globe. This is the trend for every new tool and will be regularized over time.
Meanwhile, understanding the limit to AI adoption or usage within your project or organizational context is very important for project management professionals to avoid compliance issues. Saving Changes...
Head of International Project Management Office| Deutsche TelekomPraha, Czechia
I share the opinion of Taiwo. Undertading the the pre-requisites and boundaries of the AI adoption in your organisation is a key element. Saving Changes...
Bob PatrinoConsultant/Senior Technical Project Manager| TamazariNewport, KY, United States
Considering AI a security threat is understandable. It's a rather robust data load and unless it's completely self contained it would concern most security professionals. As far as AI adoption and how to integrate it into PMO's? I have yet to experience any widespread use of AI in any serious way, but I'm sure it will take a slow, steady approach to successfully integrate it into everyday use. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
The problem is that today generative AI is used as synonim of AI. AI is a boarder term and we are surrounded of AI devices from more than 40 years ago. But, if you use generative AI then there is a lot of thing to take into consideration from prompt generation to put it in place. PMI has delivered two very good courses on the matter. Take a look to them (by the way I am not an advocated of PMI training but in this case both courses are valuable) Saving Changes...
It's quite common to encounter varying perspectives on AI adoption within organizations. Some of my peers in other organizations are fully integrated with Copilot, providing project managers with the necessary tools without encountering privacy or ISO challenges. However, others remain cautious, fearing the potential leakage of confidential information if employees utilize such technology. Saving Changes...
Hi Omar
Balancing the perceived threat of AI adoption to organizational cybersecurity standards with its necessity for project delivery can be challenging but achievable. Conducting thorough risk assessments and developing robust mitigation plans are crucial steps to ensuring AI tools are secure. Cross-functional collaboration between cybersecurity teams and PMOs fosters alignment on priorities and strategies. Implementing AI security frameworks, aligned with ISO standards, ensures that AI technologies are secure by design. By adopting a phased approach to AI implementation and continuously improving security measures based on pilot project feedback, organizations can effectively integrate AI while maintaining high cybersecurity standards. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Nothing new below the sun. We are using AI from more than 40 years ago. Each initiative that will implement AI as a component inside the whole solution must be aware on that. Just some things have changed with the new architectural model implemented by ChatGPT when used generative AI. Saving Changes...
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