The Human Side of AI Security addresses the most overlooked dimension of artificial intelligence risk: the people, teams, and organizational cultures responsible for securing it. The book examines the widening AI security talent gap, the cultural friction between AI researchers and security practitioners, and the structural barriers that prevent organizations from building effective defenses. This book addresses the requirements for building and sustaining a successful AI security function. This book also tackles the harder challenge of cultural transformation including how organizations have to shift from rigid and prevention-first thinking to intelligent risk-taking and cross-functional collaboration. Topics span psychological safety, executive communication, board-level AI literacy, and scaling security practices from pilot programs to enterprise-wide implementation. The final chapters confront emerging threats including generative AI attack vectors, agentic AI risks, quantum vulnerabilities, and AI supply chain exposures. This is a resource for CISOs, security managers, AI practitioners, and organizational leaders navigating the human complexity of AI security.

Shaila Rana, Ph.D. is a cybersecurity researcher and educator at the intersection of artificial intelligence and information security. She is the founder of CyberSecure LLC, an AI security consulting firm, and co-founder of the ACT Research Institute, a think tank focused on AI, cybersecurity, and emerging technology.
Dr. Rana chairs an IEEE SA Industry Connections workgroup on Zero Trust Cybersecurity for Health Technology and is an IEEE Senior Member. She is a published author with Wiley–IEEE Press and Springer Nature, and an author and instructor on Pluralsight and O'Reilly. Her work has been cited in NPR, Newsweek, CSO Online, Network World, and IEEE Transmitter. She presents annually at international conferences on AI security, policies, workforce development, and responsible AI governance, and serves as a reviewer for multiple peer-reviewed journals.The Human Side of AI Security reflects her years of consulting, research, and standards work building AI security practices across organizations and industries.