Solving AI FOMU For CISOs

Fighting the FOMU: A Board-ready blueprint for secure AI adoption 

CISOs are under pressure to enable safe AI adoption across the business. And with that accountability, caution makes sense. But AI is already inside the enterprise, and hesitating on an AI strategy won’t reduce risk. Sanctioned and unsanctioned tools are helping teams work faster and automate. Boards and business units expect that momentum to continue.

Securing the AI the business uses, builds, and runs requires a strategy that supports innovation while strengthening governance, control, and architectural resilience.

This eBook isn’t a set of recommendations. It’s the framework, action plan, and steps CISOs can take to move forward without fear of messing up.

What’s Inside:

• AI opportunity–risk balance: How AI delivers business value, and where data exposure, compliance gaps, and new attack surfaces emerge
• The AI adoption journey: How AI enters the enterprise across usage, development, and automation, and where CISOs need to implement the right controls
• The Strategic AI Security Framework: A four-step model for discovery, Zero Trust for AI, secure AI development, and continuous defense
• The 90-day action plan: For CISOs to measure progress, track milestones, and report on visibility, governance, and control
• The AI security maturity model: A path from reactive, high-FOMU conditions to a governed, resilient posture that enables AI safely at scale