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Getting ahead of AI Multicloud risk - a CIO's guide to preventing Shadow AI and turning governance into a competitive advantage

Artificial intelligence is extending just changing how software is built to changing how cyber conflict, critical infrastructure, and enterprise risk are being discussed at the highest levels. A recent article in The Independent by Anthony Cuthberson (which has since been syndicated across major publications including Yahoo, AOL, and MSN, proving the urgency of this topic), examines what an AI-driven cyber conflict could look like as increasingly capable AI systems begin disc

Imagine a world where cybersecurity isn’t a bottleneck, but your secret weapon for rapid, secure innovation. Yogita, CEO of Invigrid, drops truth bombs that could reshape how your organization builds and protects in the AI era. Are silos, slow security checks, and misconfigurations holding you back? It’s time to think first principles and revolutionize your process before AI makes the gap even wider. Yogita reveals how the old paradigms of security are failing in a hyper-s

Generative AI, as we see it today, is like a junior, overconfident consultant who is eager to please and sounds convincing even when the information isn’t fully correct. An AI Agent, who takes this to the next level, is like this new employee who may end up taking actions on your behalf based on the consultant’s advice. Overzealous actions of untrained or unsupervised new AI Agent with access to sensitive systems can cause harm to the company. The evolution from AI that gener

For years, Heroku simplified infrastructure. Push code. Deploy instantly. Scale without worrying about servers, networking, or runtime management. It lowered the barrier to shipping software. It helped define how a generation of developers learned to build. “Git push to deploy” changed how products launched and how engineering teams operated. That model worked for a long time. But the environment around it has changed drastically and exponentially. Salesforce's announceme

2025 will be remembered as the year security failures stopped being “incidents” and started becoming board-level crises. Industries, large enterprises, and fast-scaling companies alike suffered breaches that resulted in billions of dollars in direct losses, reputational damage, market-value destruction, regulatory fines, and weeks of operational paralysis. This exposed how fragile modern cloud and AI infrastructure really is when governance does not keep pace with automati

Imagine starting a new job as an IT administrator. You’re tasked with inventorying and tracking your company’s AI assets. You diligently review documentation, speak with engineers, and compile what seems to be a complete inventory. But on presentation day, something feels off. Unknown AI API calls have occurred, and the cost dashboard shows numbers that don’t align with your report. Clearly, there’s more going on than meets the eye. This lack of visibility into existing AI re

InviGrid was built on a simple belief: cloud governance is broader than security, and without full visibility, even mature cloud environments can hide meaningful risk and waste. That belief was validated when a global, multi-billion-dollar technology company used InviGrid Intelligent Cloud to examine its multi-cloud environment and uncovered $1.2 million in cloud cost savings despite going in with the expectation that there would be very little left to find.

Artificial intelligence-enhancement of operations, services and data products is the prime topic in corporate strategy sessions, yet the results are sobering. Studies from MIT and Stanford show that a clear majority of AI initiatives implemented over the last six to 12 months are failing to deliver value or working on the wrong problem.

The CIO role is no longer confined to managing infrastructure or keeping the lights on. If you’re still defining your job that way, you’re behind. Today’s CIOs are expected to operate as business strategists, risk mitigators, and above all, innovation enablers. From my own conversations with seasoned executives like Becky Wanta, a Global F50+ CIO and CTO with leadership experience at MGM Resorts International, Best Buy, PepsiCo and Wells Fargo, to name a few, one thing is cle

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COMMENTARY: Security teams know very well that cloud technologies are fundamentally different. The traditional perimeter has disappeared. Any service, if misconfigured or compromised, can end up publicly exposed and discovered by automated bots scanning the internet.

The Data Diva Talks Privacy Podcast, host Debbie Reynolds, welcomes Yogita Parulekar, CEO and Founder of Invi Grid Inc.

Yogita has more than two decades of experience in technology risk and cybersecurity. She has been head of security & IT, and a cybersecurity leader at an AI, a healthtech, and a fraud risk tech company, as well as Oracle and EY. She is a recognized thought leader in the security governance space and an evangelist for security & privacy-by-design principles that ensure systems are built in a way that wins the trust and confidence of their potential customers. She has been reco

When you are building a house, you know how important it is to have a solid foundation. After all, it is essential for the stability and longevity of the entire physical structure. Similarly, having a solid foundation is critical for software and the infrastructure it is deployed on.