The SINET
Risk Executive Handbook
A CISO’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence

A guide to accelerating trust, confidence, and the secure adoption of AI as a strategic business enabler.

As Artificial Intelligence rapidly transforms the global technology landscape, it is simultaneously redefining the nature of cyber risk, governance, and enterprise resilience. In this latest SINET Risk Executive Handbook, A CISO’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence, leading cybersecurity and risk executives examine how AI is reshaping the responsibilities of today’s CISO.

Developed through collaboration among senior leaders at SINET’s annual Risk Executive Workshop in Jackson Hole, this guide provides a pragmatic framework for governing AI responsibly while enabling innovation.

Designed for CISOs as well as leaders across risk, compliance, privacy, legal, and technology functions, the handbook offers actionable insights into AI governance, security-by-design principles, regulatory readiness, and ethical oversight. Ultimately, it positions responsible AI governance not as a constraint on innovation, but as a strategic enabler of resilience, competitive advantage, and long-term enterprise trust.

Thank you to the contributors who made this handbook possible:

Divyangi Anchan, AI Risk and Controls Lead (Corporate Engineering), Technology Company
Jeff Farinich, EVP Technology and Chief Information Security Officer, New American Funding
Brian Fricke, CISO, AutoNation
Danny Hatfield, MD, Venture Banking, Stifel
Erik Naugle, AI Security and Strategy Officer, Cranium
Brandon Pinzon, CISO and Principle Advisor, SPKTR Ventures
John Rojas, VP, Head of Information Technology, Sumisho Air Lease