As artificial intelligence reshapes cybersecurity, organizations are being forced to rethink data sovereignty, trust, and resilience. In this episode, we sit down with Adam Gale, Field CTO for Cybersecurity and AI at NetApp, to explore how AI, security, and geopolitics are colliding in today’s digital infrastructure.

This conversation goes beyond theory to discuss real-world challenges and decisions organizations are facing right now.

\In this episode, we cover:
	•	How AI is being used in modern cybersecurity
	•	Why “human in the loop” still matters for critical decisions
	•	What data sovereignty really means—and why it’s not one-size-fits-all
	•	The role of encryption and key ownership in protecting data
	•	Real-world examples of dark sites, resilience, and infrastructure disruptions
	•	Why trust and transparency are essential in security platforms

With AI accelerating and regulations evolving worldwide, data sovereignty is no longer just a compliance issue—it’s becoming a strategic and board-level concern.


Episode 309 - Who Really Controls Your Data in the Age of AI?

Data it's one of a modern organisations most crucial assets.

With that in mind, how do we build a strategy that meets todays data challenges, how do we make sure we have a strategy not only ensures we can store our data on a resilient and secure platform, but also that we can take advantage of new data trends, like analytics, IoT and public cloud storage.

In this weeks episode I discuss this with NetApp A-Team member Mark Carlton, we look at how NetApp's data fabric strategy can help you to plan, develop and deploy a solution suitable for a modern organisations data needs.

We not only discuss NetApp's implementation but also how the fabric has grown beyond a NetApp centric view and how 3rd party tools from the likes of Varonis, Veritas and Veeam are integrated, making your data management solution more insightful, more complete.

Enjoy the episode.

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Lee Howard, CTO of Global Industry Solutions and Alliances with NetApp, joins Conversations in the Cloud this week to discuss a shift in data management and the criticality of businesses leveraging their available data for successful decision making regardless of the platform where it resides.  NetApp’s vision is that the benefits customers have come to expect in a traditional on-prem architecture are protected as they implement a Cloud environment.  Howard discusses the goals that drive their data management strategy – create an agile environment that takes into consideration issues of data sovereignty and data resilience, while guaranteeing business continuity.  Visit cloud.netapp.com for use cases and resources, netapp.io for deep dive technical materials, and follow Howard on Twitter @KeepHoweird.

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