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[ All Podcasts ](https://www.sumologic.com/resources?_resource_type=podcast)# Stop writing dumb AI security policies: use threat models, not fear

### Adam White

Sr. Director, Technical Marketing

### David Girvin

Lead Technical Advocate

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AI policy is not a yes/no question. Security isn’t here to be the morality police. Our job is to enable the business safely. Join security experts Adam White and David Girvin as they chat about the importance of using threat models, a simple framework, and five policy areas you are probably ignoring.

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