The Threat Within

Securing Your AI, Cloud, and Collaboration Tools from the Inside Out

Free 45 minutes Fully Remote October 21, 2026 11:00 am EST

Shift Your Mindset: Your Biggest AI Security Threat Isn't Hackers. It's Your Messy Workspace Permissions.

Every executive feels the pressure to adopt AI. Most already know the danger of “Shadow AI,” where employees paste private company data into free, public AI tools and effectively hand your organization’s secrets to the internet. To solve this, companies invest in Gemini Enterprise and assume that a private, enterprise-grade tool puts their security worries to rest.

But there’s a hidden trap we call “Access Debt.”

For the last five, ten, or fifteen years, your employees have been sharing documents. A folder shared with “everyone in the company” in 2018 is still open today. Gemini doesn’t bypass your security; it strictly obeys it. It only sees what each user already has permission to see. But because it reads data at machine speed, it instantly surfaces all those old, forgotten permissions.

The biggest threat to your AI security isn’t a hacker outside your walls. It’s the messy permissions already inside them.

Join Wursta’s AI Enablement Lead, Christopher Hopkins-Ward, and Chief Information Security Officer, Pete Hoff, on October 21 for an intensive 45-minute live webinar on moving from AI experimentation to secure, enterprise-ready deployment.

You Will Learn How To:

  • Audit “Access Debt”: See how Gemini acts as a mirror of your current Google Workspace security posture.
  • Apply AI Data Classification & DLP: Deploy AI-powered Data Loss Prevention (DLP) rules that automatically detect PII, Social Security numbers, and credit card data.
  • Use Client-Side Encryption (CSE): Hold the keys to your “crown jewels” (IP, patents, source code) and cryptographically block both Gemini and Google from reading them.
  • Enforce Context-Aware Access: Ensure Gemini only works on secure, company-managed devices.
  • Apply the Wursta Framework: Discover our proprietary three-step bridge (Audit & Cleanse, Secure & Configure, Deploy & Innovate) for rolling out enterprise AI safely.

Session 12

Agenda

Topics & Activities

01
3 mins

Welcome & Introductions

Welcome; introduce speakers, AI Learning Academy series, and setting the Cybersecurity Month theme.

02
5 mins

Part 1: Gemini Updates + The Hook

Unpack "Shadow AI" (public tools) vs. Enterprise AI. Define "Access Debt" and explain how Gemini acts as a mirror to your security posture.

03
7 mins

Part 2: The Agitation

Break down risks: Internal Data Exposure (salary data, layoff plans), Indirect Prompt Injection, and regulatory/PR compliance failures.

04
15 mins

Part 3: The AI Advantage

Deep dive into best practices: AI Data Classification & DLP Trust Rules, Client-Side Encryption (CSE), and Context-Aware Access controls.

05
8 mins

Part 4: The Wursta Solution

Outlines Wursta's 3-step deployment methodology: Audit & Cleanse, Secure & Configure, Deploy & Innovate.

06
7 mins

Part 5: Live Q&A & CTA

Moderated audience Q&A, poll review, and explicit rollout of the Wursta Workspace AI Threat Assessment.

07
5 mins

Recap & The End

End of Webinar and next steps.

👥  Meet the team

Christopher Hopkins-Ward, AI Enablement Lead, Wursta

Chris has been teaching Google Workspace since 2018, starting in Google's New York City offices, where he trained both Google employees and customers. He specializes in helping organizations scale AI capabilities through structured enablement.

Pete Hoff, CISO, Wursta

A 20-year veteran of the cybersecurity trenches, Pete brings the CISO perspective to AI. Having led security for major enterprises, he specializes in pinpointing where innovation meets risk, so AI adoption never compromises corporate data integrity.

Details

Date
October 21, 2026
Time
11:00 am EST
Duration
45 minutes
Cost
Free