Managing Autonomy and Trust in Financial Services: CSA’s Recent Report | Regulated Industries 2026

As cloud adoption and AI continue to reshape financial services, organizations are facing new challenges around autonomy, governance, and trust. In this panel discussion, Troy Leach, Chief Strategy Officer at the Cloud Security Alliance, Sofia Pogrebynska, IT and Cloud Officer, EMEA at PayPal, Keith Hennett, Senior Manager, Technology Risk Supervision at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and Mark Bower, Chief Strategy Officer at Anjuna Security, examine the findings of CSA's State of Cloud and AI for Financial Services survey report. The discussion explores the growing role of cloud and AI in regulated financial environments, the continued challenges of third-party and supply chain risk, emerging concerns around adversarial attacks, and the evolving role of identity and access management for AI. Learn where the financial services industry is making progress, where governance and control gaps remain, and what organizations need to do to securely manage AI, AI agents, and cloud services with greater trust and accountability. Learn more at cloudsecurityalliance.org 🏆 Earn the Trusted AI Safety Expert (TAISE) Certificate: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/edu... 🔍 Explore the latest AI research, reports, and guidance from industry experts: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/res... 🎓 Build your expertise with cloud security, AI, and Zero Trust training, certificates, and professional development: https://training.cloudsecurityallianc... 🌐 Discover upcoming conferences, webinars, virtual events, and networking opportunities: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/eve... 🚀 Learn about the latest AI trends, technologies, and the CSA AI Safety Initiative: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/ai-... 🛡️ Explore CSAI and discover how CSA is advancing secure, trustworthy, and responsible AI: https://csai.foundation/ 🔐 Explore the Compliance Automation Revolution to be part of real change in IT compliance and assurance: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/car