Securing Generative AI Across the Data Cloud
Nov 18, 2025 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
As generative AI becomes embedded in business strategy, the question is no longer whether to adopt it but how to do so securely. Across industries, leaders are seeking ways to balance innovation with protection all while safeguarding sensitive data, preserving trust, and ensuring compliance across every stage of AI deployment.
This session brings together data, cloud, and security professionals to share what is working, what remains challenging, and how organizations are approaching responsible AI in regulated environments. Attendees will hear how scalable platforms are enabling secure experimentation, model development, and deployment while maintaining full data governance. The conversation will focus on real lessons from the field and tangible practices that help teams run AI workloads anywhere with confidence and control.
BWG Connect, Protegrity & Cloudera invite you to join an interactive event with industry peers to review & discuss practical insights across the digital space.
As always, there will be no sales pitch and all attendees are welcome to listen and learn.
Enterprise IT Subject Matter Expert
Our moderator brings decades of experience leading infrastructure, cloud transformation, and enterprise technology strategy across finance, media, publishing, and healthcare sectors. They have overseen IT infrastructure, large-scale digital transformation, and DevOps initiatives for some of the world’s most complex enterprise organizations, bridging strategy and execution to deliver measurable business impact. Their deep expertise ensures every discussion is grounded in real-world insight and informed by a career at the forefront of technological change.
Director Gen AI at Protegrity
Averell Gatton, Ph.D., is the Director of Generative AI at Protegrity, where he leads the development of technologies that integrate Protegrity data protection into the GenAI tech stack. He has extensive experience building GenAI systems for the fortune 500 at a variety of startups in the Bay Area. He holds a Ph.D. in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, with research conducted at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) and Stanford’s Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). His work bridges experimental physics, data science, and applied machine learning to drive innovation in AI and data security.
Enterprise IT Subject Matter Expert
Our moderator brings decades of experience leading infrastructure, cloud transformation, and enterprise technology strategy across finance, media, publishing, and healthcare sectors. They have overseen IT infrastructure, large-scale digital transformation, and DevOps initiatives for some of the world’s most complex enterprise organizations, bridging strategy and execution to deliver measurable business impact. Their deep expertise ensures every discussion is grounded in real-world insight and informed by a career at the forefront of technological change.
Director Gen AI at Protegrity
Averell Gatton, Ph.D., is the Director of Generative AI at Protegrity, where he leads the development of technologies that integrate Protegrity data protection into the GenAI tech stack. He has extensive experience building GenAI systems for the fortune 500 at a variety of startups in the Bay Area. He holds a Ph.D. in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, with research conducted at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) and Stanford’s Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). His work bridges experimental physics, data science, and applied machine learning to drive innovation in AI and data security.
Co-Founder & Managing Director at BWG Connect
BWG Connect provides executive strategy & networking sessions that help brands from any industry with their overall business planning and execution.
Co-Founder & Managing Director Aaron Conant runs the group & connects with dozens of brand executives every week, always for free.