Security, AI Adoption, and Human Judgment with Patrick McKinney

Patrick McKinney, VP of Security at Invisible Technologies, has spent his career building security and compliance functions from the ground up, from Coinbase to Dropbox to Salesforce. He shares the playbook lessons that carried across each stop, why phase two never adds security, and how he's applying an AI native approach to security at Invisible while still keeping judgment and accountability firmly in human hands.Main Topics Covered:Building compliance functions from scratch at Coinbase, Dropbox, and Salesforce, and the lesson that phase two never adds securityStanding up SOX and GDPR compliance ahead of Dropbox's 2018 IPOEarly FedRAMP work at Salesforce, including a dedicated authorized colo built entirely from scratchInvesting in an agentic SOC platform and running quality bake offs before adopting new AI security toolsKnowing when to shift security ownership from a CTO or head of IT to a dedicated security professionalHow AI is reshaping entry level talent, and why judgment and accountability still belong to humans Links & Resources: Connect with Patrick McKinney: LinkedIn Connect with Stephen Koza: LinkedIn Connect with EverOps: Website | LinkedIn