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ISSA NOVA, the Northern Virginia chapter of the Information Systems Security Association, hosts monthly meetings featuring exciting speakers, networking, and dinner. Meetings are free to members, and qualify for CPE credits. Non-ISSA members are invited to attend a meeting or two, before deciding if they wish to become an ISSA member.
Our monthly speakers cover topics such as Privacy and Security, GDPR, Insider Threat, AI, DevSepOps, etc. Our speakers have included Dr. Ron Ross of NIST, and Vint Cerf, Father of the Internet, and many more. More information can be found on our website: NOVA-ISSA.org
The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)® is a not-for-profit, international organization of information security professionals and practitioners. It provides educational forums, publications, and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skill, and professional growth of its members.
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See all- September 18th @5:30pm – Jeff Nigriny on Non-Person Identity and Agentic AIMicrosoft Corporation, Reston, VA
Please join us on September 18th @5:30pm – Jeff Nigriny on Non-Person Identity and Agentic AI (i.e., Digital Identity 501)
Register: This is a Hybrid meeting. A dinner meal will be served (Meal menu &pizza). IN PERSON & ONLINE ZOOM, Location: Microsoft Reston Rooms 2.2D&E: 11995 Freedom Dr, Reston, VA 20190. Free garage parking directly across from location. Metro Station Accessible.
Abstract: Non-person identity consists of providing unique, stable identifiers to Digital Assistants, AI Bots and Software Based Agents. AI Bots, as a term, is already outdated. AI itself has been reclassified as either generative or agentic. If we characterize agentic AI as just another application, consider it is an application that can take increasingly autonomous actions. Or at least ones that a human may not have intended. Society, when it catches up to this, will expect non-repudiation for those actions taken by an AI agent which immediately means a reliable identifier or identity. There will also be an expectation that the person who set the agent on its course by using it and/or manipulating it can be identified and held responsible. We will explore whether Agentic AI may bring about the tightest coupling yet between the CISO and Corporate Counsel. We will examine that there is no real plan B in society’s legal system if concepts of agency, intent and liability cannot be cleanly assigned to humans. And you will marvel that virtually no one is talking about this …. Yet.
About the Speaker: Jeff Nigriny is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of CertiPath Inc. He is one of the pioneers of digital identity, beginning work on supply chain digital identity in 2001. Nigriny’s career has focused primarily on data security, and he has a master’s degree in information systems management from the American University. He has had several accomplishments around work supporting Government (see below):
-Created the current testing program for GSA’s FIPS 201 Approved Products List
-Is a contributing author to a dozen NIST specifications and OMB memos, including origination and drafting of the PIV-I standard.
-Co-created the first PKI physical access control system
-Authored the first digital identity law in the United States, enacted in the Commonwealth of Virginia in 2015.For more information or to register: https://www.issa-nova.org/september-18th-530pm-jeff-nigriny-on-non-person-identity-and-agentic-ai-i-e-digital-identity-501/
