Your AI Policy Might Be Putting Your Company at Risk with Courtney Hans

Your AI policy isn’t something you can afford to delay. It’s now or never and this episode of Where Trust Meets AI unpacks why. Tune in as host and Drata CEO, Adam Markowitz, welcomes Courtney Hans, Vice President of Cyber Services at ANV for a breakdown of why implementing AI without intentional safeguards is like deploying any new technology without brakes. She also highlights how organizations can translate security risk into business impact that resonates with their board and the critical skill every security leader needs: getting your entire organization on board with your strategy. This episode is a reminder that the “trust but verify” approach looks completely in an AI-powered world; but it must continue to exist, nonetheless.

Your AI policy isn’t something you can afford to delay working on, and this episode of Where Trust Meets AI unpacks why. Tune in as host and Drata CEO, Adam Markowitz, welcomes Courtney Hans, Vice President of Cyber Services at ANV for a breakdown of why implementing AI without intentional safeguards is like deploying any new technology without brakes.

What You’ll Learn:

How to implement "trust but verify" in a remote-first world
Why AI implementation without guardrails is a business risk masquerading as efficiency
The three critical questions every organization must ask before adopting an AI tool
How to position GRC as a revenue driver, not a cost center
Why continuous learning is non-negotiable for security professionals in the AI era
How to translate technical risk into business impact so executives actually care

This episode is a reminder that the “trust but verify” approach looks completely in an AI-powered world; but it must continue to exist, nonetheless.

Episode resources:

Courtney Hans on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/courtney-hans/

AmTrust Financial Services Website: https://amtrustfinancial.com/

Adam Markowitz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markowitzadam

Drata Website: https://drata.com/

Highlights:

00:00 Introduction & Meeting Courtney Hans

00:04 How Courtney Went from English Major to Security Leader

02:15 Why You Should Stop Blocking Tools Without Guardrails

08:45 AI Adoption: Three Critical Questions Every Security Leader Must Ask

18:30 AI Automation for Administrative Work & GRC for Offensive Security

24:00 Why Translating Security Risk Into Business Impact is Non-Negotiable

35:15 Build a Career Pyramid, Not a Ladder

45:30 AI is Not Set It and Forget It

52:00 Key Takeaways & Closing Thoughts