In an interview with the Los Angeles Business Journal, Sharon R. Klein, Blank Rome’s vice chair of artificial intelligence and co-chair of the Privacy, Security, and Data Protection group, discussed the importance of a multi-step evaluation process when assessing artificial intelligence products.
An excerpt of the article is below.
At the Am Law 100 firm Blank Rome, Los Angeles and Orange County partner Sharon Klein said assessing an AI product is a multi-step process.
Klein, co-chair of the privacy, security and data protection practice and firm vice chair of artificial intelligence, said businesses need to understand the specific risk profile of each tool before it’s deployed.
She said Blank Rome conducts security assessments before implementing AI products, including governance controls, auditing capabilities, role-based data access controls, and other features necessary for responsible AI use.
The tools are usually kept in the pilot stage for several months to further assess their risks.
“Our IT people carefully evaluate each program, and a group of attorneys test it out to see if it checks all of our boxes before it’s fully implemented,” she said. Employees also undergo formal training, Klein said.
“It’s interesting that a lot is reported about AI advancing rapidly,” Klein said. “But what is also advancing rapidly are additional pieces of technology that reduce risk.”
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“Cybersecurity: Evaluating Risk,” by Sherry Karabin was published in the Los Angeles Business Journal on October 19, 2026.