Weakest Link: How Security Gaps and Bad AI Hygiene Can Kill a Business

AI is already in your business, whether you rolled it out or not. Someone on your team pasted a contract into a chatbot this week, connected an AI assistant to their inbox, or signed up for a new tool with a work email, and every one of those moves opened a new door into your environment.

In this session, John Hansman, CEO of Truit, a managed IT, cybersecurity and AI consulting firm, walks leaders through the security gaps and bad AI habits he sees most often in real organizations: free tools that keep or train on what employees type, shared and orphaned logins, sensitive data pasted into public AI, and AI agents wired into business systems with no owner and no oversight. He'll show how these small gaps chain together into a business-ending incident, and why adopting AI without a plan means adopting risk without a plan.

Attendees will leave with: - A vendor-neutral, three-step framework (see it, secure it, strategize it) for finding the AI already in use. - Setting guardrails such as a short-written AI policy, an approved-tools list and clear data-handling rules. - Building a prioritized roadmap with an owner for every use case, so AI becomes an advantage instead of the weakest link.

Meet the Speaker John Hansman is CEO of Truit, a family-owned managed IT, cybersecurity, and AI consulting company with offices in Tumwater and Spokane, Washington. He spent the first 20 years of his career in the electronic security industry, rising from entry-level technician to Central Station Manager and later IT Project Manager for a major corporation. He now helps organizations strengthen their cybersecurity, protect their data, and put AI to work safely. A frequent speaker for chambers of commerce and industry groups, including the Thurston County Chamber and the Washington Trucking Association, John turns complex cybersecurity and AI topics into practical steps business leaders can act on immediately.