Become an AI Security Champion
A Skill Sprint with Rob T. Lee
Learn how to become the AI security champion your team needs. Partner with security, classify data risk, evaluate AI tools, and write proposals that make it easy for security to say yes, so you can move from shadow AI use toward safe, approved adoption.
"In sixteen minutes, you will have a clearer plan for getting an AI tool approved than most people at your company will land on all year."
That is not a pep talk. I have watched Fortune 500s spend eighteen months in working groups on less than what is in this sprint.
— Rob T. Lee
What You Walk Away With
Numbers you can defend and a proposal security will actually read.
Most AI tool requests get denied because nobody can show a measurable improvement to the team's actual workflow. Each worksheet fixes a piece of that.
A ranked business case
Three to five places where AI saves your team real hours every week, with numbers you can defend.
A named security ally
One security buddy and a coffee invite. Their job is to beat up your proposal before the formal review.
A one-page proposal
In the exact format security reads, auto-filled with the data you gathered along the way.
The Route
10 micro-lessons, start to approved
The sprint moves fast. Each micro-lesson pairs a short video with a one-page worksheet you can bring straight to your security team.
Are You the Champion?
Three questions to determine if you are the person who will carry this forward.
Build the Business Case
Map your weekly tasks into a ranked list of three to five places where AI saves your team real hours.
Find Your Security Buddy
Cold requests get rejected. Find one person on the security team who has said yes recently.
The Three Questions Security Needs
What does security need to see, what are the auto-disqualifiers, and what is the fastest path to approval?
Classify Your Data
Green, yellow, red. If everything is red, nothing ships. Learn to classify the data your tool touches.
Walk Through a Real Scenario
Take one use case from your ranked list and run it through a complete risk review.
Evaluate Your Tool
Score a tool against the four questions security will ask before they ever approve it.
Get the Sandbox Approved
The sandbox is not the goal. It is the proving ground. Learn how to get there.
Write the Proposal
One page, five sections. Security reads one-pagers. They do not read slide decks.
Your Monday Morning Checklist
Everything you need to maintain governance once the tool is live.
Why This Works
Security does not say no to tools. They say no to vague requests.
The difference between a yes and a no is usually who is presenting it, not what is being presented. A cold request through a ticketing system looks like a liability. The same request, walked in by someone who has already talked to a security ally and done the homework, looks like a partnership.
This course is not about gaming the system. It is about learning how things actually work from the people whose job is to keep the company safe.
- Learn what security actually needs before you ask
- Classify your data so the easy wins ship first
- Walk in with an ally instead of a cold ticket
Your team is already using AI. This course helps you make it official.
Go from unsanctioned usage to a fully approved tool with security's blessing.