AI Needs Rules: Why Cybersecurity Leaders Are Calling for Real AI Regulation

As RSAC approaches, the conversation around artificial intelligence is shifting from innovation to governance.

In this episode of Security Boulevard, Tom Hollingsworth, Mitch Ashley and Fernando Montenegro explore why many cybersecurity leaders believe AI development needs clear rules before risks begin to outpace safeguards.

The discussion focuses on the growing concern that ethical guidance alone may not be sufficient as AI systems become more powerful and more widely deployed across enterprise environments. Instead, the panel examines the need for explicit, enforceable frameworks that can define boundaries, reduce harm and ensure accountability.

Key themes include:

• Why AI governance is quickly becoming a cybersecurity issue

• The difference between ethical principles and enforceable regulation

• How economic externalities influence AI risk

• Why cybersecurity professionals should help shape AI policy

• What enterprise leaders should be thinking about ahead of RSAC

As AI capabilities accelerate, the debate is no longer whether guardrails are needed. The real question is who defines them, how they are enforced and whether they arrive in time.