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Camille Stewart Gloster

AI isn't just a tool anymore. It's making decisions inside your organization, and most leaders haven't noticed yet.

Former White House Deputy National Cyber Director | Author, The Insider You Built | AI Governance Strategist

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Most organizations don’t realize they’ve handed authority to their AI systems until something goes wrong. Camille Stewart Gloster spent years inside the environments where those decisions get made, at the White House as the inaugural Deputy National Cyber Director, at Google leading product security and election integrity, and now advising governments and companies navigating the converging risks of AI, cybersecurity, and institutional accountability. Her new book, The Insider You Built, makes the case that what most leaders call an AI problem is actually a governance problem, and that the organizations who close that gap first will move faster, not slower. Camille gives audiences the frameworks to identify where they’ve already delegated authority to AI systems, what that means for accountability and risk, and what intentional governance actually looks like in practice. Her message isn’t about slowing down. It’s about staying in control while you accelerate.

“Autonomous AI agents are here to stay—but staying in control of them is an inside job. Camille delivers not just theory, but a practical blueprint for building the right guardrails and governance.”—Keith White, EVP, Chief Global Safety & Security Officer at Salesforce

Camille Stewart Gloster is a strategist, advisor, and executive whose career has centered on how emerging technologies reshape power, security, and resilience across institutions and society. She is recognized for her leadership at the intersection of technology, cybersecurity, national security, and foreign policy, with a current focus on how AI is intensifying a familiar challenge in technology transitions: what happens when capability advances faster than the institutions designed to govern it.

Her book, The Insider You Built, explores what changes when AI systems evolve from tools into actors operating with delegated authority and why organizations must move from static governance models to continuous operational control. Her research advances practical approaches for governing intelligent systems that learn, adapt, and act within complex organizations.

She is the Founder and CEO of CAS Strategies, a strategic advisory firm helping governments, companies, and nonprofits navigate converging risks across AI, cybersecurity, digital trust, and geopolitics. She also cofounded the Foundation Layer Institute, a nonprofit advancing digital resilience and human agency by strengthening the governance foundations that shape how emerging technologies are built, deployed, and controlled. She serves as Chief AI Strategist for the Data and Trusted AI Alliance and previously built the AI Security and Resilience program at CrowdStrike.

From 2022 to 2024, Camille served as the first United States’ Deputy National Cyber Director for Technology and Ecosystem Security, where she led national initiatives on AI security, quantum readiness, open source software security, supply chain resilience, and cyber workforce development. She helped shape the 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy, the AI Executive Order, the 2024 Data Security Executive Order, and architected the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy. She also served on the White House AI Council and led the Open Source Software Security Initiative.

Previously, she held senior leadership roles at Google, where she led global product security strategy for Alphabet and helped build the Security Policy and Election Integrity programs supporting Google Play and Android. Earlier in her career, she advised organizations on cybersecurity strategy and innovation at Deloitte, served as Senior Policy Advisor for Cyber, Infrastructure, and Resilience at the Department of Homeland Security, and worked at Cyveillance (now ZeroFOX) on internet governance, cyber defense, and digital safety.

Camille serves on the boards of the Cyber Guild and the CyberSafe Foundation and advises the Black Hat CISO Summit and the AI Security Forum. She has held fellowships with the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center and New America and is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Her leadership has been recognized by Business Insider’s AI 100, Microsoft’s Security Changemaker Award, the Root100, the SANS Difference Maker Award, and the CyberScoop50.

Across her research, Camille examines how security failures emerge when institutions fail to account for how power, human behavior, and decision authority actually function within sociotechnical systems. Her 2019 research examined how foreign adversaries can acquire national security-relevant technologies through U.S. bankruptcy proceedings, identifying structural gaps in how sensitive technologies are protected and highlighting the often overlooked role of the judiciary in national security risk. Her current research examines adversarial AI, agent governance, and cyber-physical risk, particularly how increasingly autonomous systems are reshaping security, accountability, and institutional control.

She holds a B.S. from Miami University, a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law, and a CISO certificate from Carnegie Mellon. She is a CISSP, PMP, and a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

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Speech Topics

Leadership

The Insider You BuiltDeploying Agentic AI With Confidence and Security

AI systems are starting to plan, decide, and act on our behalf. They coordinate software, move information between systems, and trigger real-world actions across organizations and within our personal lives. As more and more organizations and individuals incorporate AI into their workflows, the question is not simply “how to use AI.” It is: Who has the authority to do what, under what conditions, and who remains accountable for the outcome?

Camille Stewart Gloster has spent her career at that exact intersection: as Google’s Global Head of Product Security Strategy, as the White House’s first Deputy National Cyber Director, and as a U.S. Global Ambassador for the Global Council for Responsible AI. In this talk, she draws on her book, The Insider You Built, to offer a practical guide for leaders who want to reap the benefits of AI with confidence. She discusses:

What changes when AI systems move from tools to decision-makers
Why governance is the key to unlocking AI’s true ROI and innovation potential
How individuals can govern their own use of AI—maintaining judgment, accountability, and agency
and much more!

This accessible, practical talk is a must-listen for leaders, organizations, and individuals who want to leverage the power of AI responsibly while maintaining their progress and momentum.

Artificial Intelligence

Human-Centered TechHow Identity Shapes Technology Like AI, and How We Can Make It Safer for Everyone

You can’t have a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and opportunities of AI—or any other technology—until you’ve thought about how people play into it, says Camille Stewart Gloster. We must pay attention to the human element if we want to combat risk and create tools that actually serve us all.

In this thoughtful, eye-opening keynote, Camille reveals how aspects of someone’s identity—like being an immigrant, holding a degree, or growing up in a rural area—can make a huge difference in how they develop and use technology. She explores how identity shapes tech use and design, and how inclusion drives security and innovation. Drawing on real examples, she reveals how our current AI systems are flawed and biased—and what we can actually do to make them more safe, inclusive, and secure. “We can move the needle by having these conversations,” she says. “If you find that your data is limited, how do you get more of the relevant data? And how are you building in processes to test for these things and prevent them up front?” This practical, inspiring talk is vital for technical and non-technical people alike, and for anyone who wants to help build a more equitable AI landscape—and a more equitable world.

Cybersecurity & Privacy

The 80/20 RuleSmall Changes and Their Big Impact on Your Digital Safety

Today, technology is increasingly underpinning everything we do: how we learn, interact with necessary services, and connect with family and friends. But by leveraging the opportunity of technology without understanding the trade-offs we’re making, many of us are putting our digital safety at risk.

Fortunately, Camille Stewart Gloster has good news. “You don’t have to be overwhelmed by the idea of digital safety,” she says. “Some small changes and intentional choices can allow you to feel—and be—empowered.”

In this smart, accessible talk, Camille draws on her experience spearheading massive initiatives at giants like Google and Deloitte, as well as her time leading the national charge as a Deputy National Cyber Director for the White House, to offer individuals and businesses alike surprisingly simple ways to keep ourselves safe in this changing digital landscape. She explains how you can establish healthy digital security practices, mitigate risk, combat misinformation online, build powerful cybersecurity teams, and protect both yourself and the people around you. “My goal is that people will get to a place where they’re thinking about their digital safety like they’re thinking about their physical safety,” she says. Audiences will walk away empowered and equipped with practical steps they can implement today.