We Will Only Build Privacy After Something Goes Badly Wrong | Lisa Loud

Lisa Loud on the uncomfortable sequence: the breach comes first, the motivation comes after. Book Ian for your event → iankhan.com | booking@iankhan.com SUMMARY Lisa Loud of Secret Network works on privacy-preserving computation. She is candid that the industry and the wider culture are not yet aware they need encryption, and expects a serious incident to be the thing that changes it. KEY FINDINGS • Neither the industry nor the culture currently feels the need for encryption • What is visible when AI runs inside a data centre • Personal data signed over once and then used by many parties • Healthcare information moving further than the patient intended • An unpleasant event as the likely trigger for real investment • A three-to-five-year window for building the security layer • Repairing damage caused by not caring earlier GUEST Lisa Loud, Secret Network FULL TRANSCRIPT iankhan.com/futurist/lisa-loud-privacy-ethical-ai Recorded at Consensus 2025 for The Futurist. ──────────────────── ABOUT IAN KHAN — AI & FINANCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER Most AI keynotes end with a better understanding. Mine end with a measured readiness score and a ninety-day plan. Your leadership team is assessed before the event, the room sees its own collective result live, and every attendee leaves with a ninety-day plan they helped build. Every year I interview more than 500 senior leaders on camera: scientists, operators, founders, regulators and investors. Those interviews become The Futurist and the annual St