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Field notes from the security-first AI frontier.

No hot takes. Working opinions on the intersection of AI capability, cyber risk, and the automations that actually move the needle for mid-market business.

Featured · April 12, 2026 · 7 min read

The Mythos Wake-Up Call: What the Powell-Bessent Bank CEO Meeting Means for Your Business

When the Fed Chair and Treasury Secretary convene an emergency meeting over an AI model, every business leader needs to pay attention — not just Wall Street.

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AI Readiness · April 10, 2026 · 7 min read

Now Is Not the Time to Learn AI. It's the Time to Use It.

The window for AI experimentation is closed. Organizations still learning are already behind. Here is the case for moving from AI literacy to deployment now.

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AI Readiness · April 8, 2026 · 6 min read

The Four-Month Doubling: Why Your AI Roadmap Is Already Stale

LLM capability doubles every four months. Annual AI roadmaps are built for a world that no longer exists by execution time. Here is how to plan differently.

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Featured · April 5, 2026 · 6 min read

Carlini's Black Hat LLMs: The Exponential Curve Defenders Cannot Ignore

Nicholas Carlini live-demoed an LLM finding two critical zero-days in under an hour. With capability doubling every 4 months, your threat model is outdated.

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Secure AI Integration · March 18, 2026 · 7 min read

LLM Integration Without Leaking the Crown Jewels

Most LLM integrations leak more data than intended. Here's how to enforce data boundaries, scope retrieval, and keep sensitive data out of model context.

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AI Readiness · March 15, 2026 · 7 min read

AI Board Briefing: What Directors Must Know in 2026

50% of executives rank AI adoption as their #1 business risk. Boards that can't engage with AI risk are operating below the standard the market now requires.

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AI Cybersecurity · March 5, 2026 · 6 min read

Defending Against AI-Enabled Phishing and Deepfakes

The $25M Arup deepfake Zoom scam proved AI-generated fraud is real. Here is how organizations need to restructure verification and authorization workflows.

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AI Cybersecurity · February 28, 2026 · 6 min read

AI in Log Analysis: From Noise to Narrative

Security logs contain everything that happened. AI turns that raw data into the story of what attackers did — faster than any human analyst team can manage.

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AI Governance · February 22, 2026 · 6 min read

Writing an AI Acceptable Use Policy That Does Not Kill Innovation

A poorly written AI AUP bans everything employees need or is too vague to guide anyone. Here's how to write one that works for security and operations alike.

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Secure AI Integration · February 20, 2026 · 6 min read

Prompt Injection Is the New SQL Injection

Prompt injection is to LLMs what SQL injection was to databases: obvious in hindsight, underestimated at first, and enormously costly when ignored.

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Custom Automation · February 15, 2026 · 6 min read

Agentic Automation Without Losing Your Auditor

Autonomous AI agents can transform operations — but only if built with the observability and controls that auditors and regulators require.

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AI Cybersecurity · February 10, 2026 · 7 min read

Using AI to Triage SOC Alerts at Scale

Alert fatigue kills SOC effectiveness. AI-assisted triage cuts false positives, surfaces real threats faster, and frees analysts for judgment-requiring work.

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Shadow AI · February 8, 2026 · 5 min read

The Copy-Paste Problem: How Employees Leak IP to Chatbots

Menlo Security logged 155K copy and 313K paste events monthly into AI tools. Samsung’s source code leak started with three employees. Your version is next.

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AI Governance · February 5, 2026 · 7 min read

NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, and the EU AI Act: A Pragmatic Map

NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, and the EU AI Act overlap significantly. Here's how to satisfy all three without building three separate compliance programs.

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Custom Automation · January 28, 2026 · 6 min read

n8n for Business: Why Workflow Orchestration Wins in 2026

n8n combines the flexibility of code with low-code accessibility, making it the best workflow orchestration platform for mid-market businesses in 2026.

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Shadow AI · January 25, 2026 · 6 min read

How to Inventory AI in 90 Days: A Practical Discovery Playbook

Before you can govern AI use in your organization, you have to know what AI is actually running. Here's a 90-day playbook to build that inventory from scratch.

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AI Governance · January 20, 2026 · 5 min read

The Air Canada Precedent: Your Chatbot Is Your Liability

Air Canada was ordered to honor a policy its chatbot invented. The ruling established that businesses are liable for what their AI tells customers — full stop.

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Custom Automation · January 15, 2026 · 7 min read

Five Automations Every Mid-Market Company Should Have Built Yesterday

Five high-ROI automations that eliminate manual labor, reduce errors, and free your team for judgment-requiring work. Most companies have not built any of them.

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Shadow AI · January 10, 2026 · 6 min read

Shadow AI Is Already in Your Organization

98% of organizations have unsanctioned AI use. 20% have had a breach linked to it. The question is no longer if it exists — it is what you do about it.

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