Fireside Chat: Preparing Workday Security for the Age of AI

As AI agents gain greater access to business data, governance becomes more important than ever. Explore how Kainos Smart Shield helps organisations stay secure, compliant and in control.
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Date posted
8 September 2026
Watch time
30 minutes

Protect employee data wherever it lives

Employee data sits at the heart of every organisation, but it's often exposed in more places than leaders realise.

In this expert discussion, Sarah McCurdy sits down with Emer Rooney, Head of SmartShield at Kainos, to explore why workforce data protection has become one of the most important governance challenges facing organisations today.

From non-production environments and elevated access permissions to AI readiness and data governance, discover where employee data is most at risk and what leading organisations are doing to protect it.

What you'll learn

  • Why non-production environments often present a greater data exposure risk than production
  • How workforce data is becoming more widely accessible across systems, teams and AI tools
  • The hidden business risks associated with employee data exposure
  • Why privacy and productivity don't need to be competing priorities
  • How AI is changing the conversation around data governance and access
  • What leading organisations are doing to protect sensitive employee data at scale

Watch now to learn how organisations can reduce risk, strengthen governance and protect sensitive employee information without slowing down innovation.

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