AI 'Gold Rush' Demands Calculated Security Approaches

Cloudflare's Christian Reilly on Practical AI Security, Extreme AI Implementation Anna Delaney (annamadeline) • September 23, 2025

Organizations face a growing challenge of balancing innovation with risk as artificial intelligence expands across business functions. Security leaders need to weigh the rewards of AI-driven productivity against the risks of exposing sensitive data or enabling uncontrolled use.

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"Every time there's a major shift in technology, there's always a gold rush," said Christian Reilly, field CTO at Cloudflare. Some companies have opened the floodgates to all AI applications without oversight, while others banned AI altogether out of fear. Both extremes were flawed approaches, he said.

"When we say control, it's much more about being calculated and measured about what I'm trying to do with the technology, and then what are the implications of that - from a risk management perspective ...