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Incorporating automated AI workflows into your business or organization is a key driver of efficiency and faster decision making, Alteryx CEO Andy MacMillan says as part of BSA’s CEO Perspective series on AI adoption. Analysts and AI systems work together to create workflows that increase predictability from immense amounts of data and the essential organizational knowledge of analysts that prepare the data sets and the calculations that AI needs to function. Hear more insights from MacMillan in this video shared as part of BSA’s CEO Perspectives series: https://lnkd.in/eC5rmbfB

Government and business leaders have to think beyond detection and preparedness for cyber attacks and increasingly focus on the steps needed to quickly recover, Cohesity CEO Sanjay Poonen says in a new CEO Perspectives video on resilience. Simulating a theoretical attack can help evaluate how quickly a company’s cybersecurity team can bounce back from an attack, Poonen explains. Much like preparing for natural disasters like earthquakes and fires, cybersecurity teams should be ready with the necessary resiliency toolkit to anticipate and react to every kind of threat. Learn more in the video below and watch the full discussion on YouTube here: https://lnkd.in/ePC2mcR4

For policymakers, cybersecurity resilience is a team sport, Veeam Software CEO Anand Eswaran says in a CEO Perspective shared with BSA for our new “Resilience Through Recovery” document. In his thoughts shared with BSA, Eswaran says that AI and data security innovation depends on the industry and governments working together to connect the dots between data protection, cybersecurity, and AI trust. 🔗 Check out some quick highlights below and the full video from Eswaran here: https://lnkd.in/esrdKPZi

Cisco Chair and CEO Chuck Robbins shares the importance of the public and private sectors working together to address outdated technology to securely deploy and scale AI in a new video shared for BSA’s CEO Perspectives series. Robbins said that the right combination of investments, policies, and public-private partnerships is the key to unlocking new possibilities for economic growth. “This is not just a business challenge. It’s about global competitiveness,” Robbins says. The 2025 Cisco AI Readiness Index finds that only 13 percent of organizations surveyed are ready to scale their use of AI in the face of infrastructure and security challenges. The research shows most AI-ready organizations are 4x more likely to move pilots into production and 50 percent more likely to see measurable value. Check out Cisco’s 2025 AI Readiness Index here: https://lnkd.in/ekAMV7Gv Watch the full video below: https://lnkd.in/egumWuaA

Imagine giving every small team the power of a huge organization. That's the potential of AI adoption, Asana CEO Dan Rogers says in BSA’s CEO Perspectives series. In the video below, Rogers discusses how responsible AI can secure global competitiveness. His take? It all comes down to empowering our teams to work with AI at scale—the right context, checkpoints, and controls ensure safe adoption of AI that actually drives results. Hear more insights about how Asana is setting the standards for human-AI collaboration here: https://lnkd.in/e8bg3Gmr

AI adoption means both enhancing the productivity of infrastructure engineers and upgrading and expanding the infrastructure needed to power and support AI, Bentley Systems CEO Nicholas Cumins says as part of BSA’s CEO Perspectives series on AI adoption. Bentley focuses on making AI effective and trustworthy for infrastructure to empower the engineering community to work more efficiently and deliver better outcomes. One of those critical outcomes? Upgrading and expanding the energy infrastructure needed to power AI, Cumins says, echoing an important pillar of BSA’s AI Adoption Agendas. Hear more insights from Cumins in this video shared as part of BSA’s CEO Perspectives series here: https://lnkd.in/exivnzqG