What Mature Security Programs Need Before Deploying AI - with Mark Alvarado of Academy Sports + Outdoors

Welcome, everyone, to the Emerge AI and Business Podcast. Mark joins Emergers Yolande DeVeert on today's episode to outline how AI is reshaping security operations, not by introducing new threats, but by amplifying gaps in identity management, data governance, and human behavior.

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1. 01He explains why mature programs are positioned to benefit from AI-driven detection and why leaders should prioritize identity, data classification, and perimeter security before de
2. 02Just a quick note for our audience that the views expressed by Mark Alborado on today's program do not reflect that of Academy Sports and Outdoors or its leadership
3. 03If you didn have one you go to the library but lots of times those things were 10 years and more outdated so really you weren getting the latest and greatest But when the internet