The Progress Report

Trust in motion: VIA Rail’s approach to Frontier AI

The Progress Report

Show Notes

Kyndryl's State of Modernization report shows that security requirements are one of the biggest challenges for organizations modernizing their technology. Frontier AI increases the complexity. The new capabilities also expand organizations’ ability to detect threats and recover from incidents.

In this episode, Canadian passenger rail service, VIA Rail, joins us to look at what AI means for enterprise cyber resilience, and what it takes to scale AI securely with trust and accountability built in.

Featured experts 

Janna Dewar, Director, Cybersecurity & Architecture, VIA Rail

Kate Yamashita, VP Global Security and Resilience Lead – Kyndryl Consult

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