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# Cybersecurity Risk Oversight in the Age of AI

Martin Lipton's memo warns that AI systems and autonomous agents are expanding corporate cyber risk, and that boards should check whether existing reporting-and-escalation structures adequately capture AI-related threats. Among best practices, it urges robust data governance that maps critical data, tracks how AI systems access it, and assigns clear accountability for protection. The guidance pushes boards to pressure-test their oversight assumptions before an incident forces the issue.

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Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2026/10/09/cybersecurity-risk-oversight-in-the-age-of-ai/)

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