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Security agents need a reviewable operating model
Use the 2025 announcement to frame a pilot around evidence quality, permissions, and accountable decisions.
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Agent 365: govern the identity before expanding the fleet
Agent inventory is a starting point. Ownership, access, and retirement determine whether it becomes useful governance.
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Purview and AI: make the data boundary explicit
Turn a broad AI governance discussion into a concrete review of data, controls, and evidence.
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AI Agents Are Now Part of the Attack Surface
Review the combined reach of agent identity, data access, connectors, and autonomy before expanding authority.
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AI Is Finding Vulnerabilities Faster Than Teams Can Fix Them
Faster discovery makes prioritization, tested change procedures, and accountable remediation more important.
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Are AI Agents About to Break Access Reviews
Access reviews need the context behind the grant, the business purpose, and the identity lifecycle.
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Is AI the New Phish
Untrusted content can turn a helpful AI answer into a delivery path for unsafe instructions.
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AI alignment needs operational governance
AI may be surrounded by hype. That doesn’t mean the technology itself is overhyped.
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Drone adoption brings governance into the real world
China is trying to figure out what to do with drones now that they are no longer a science project.
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AI ethics and the responsibility behind the model
The Pope wrote 245 paragraphs on AI. If you work in this industry, read it before you decide it does not apply to you.
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Using AI to make priorities clearer
As I had some free time this evening, I found myself watching the movie IF (worth a watch if you haven’t seen it). It was entertaining enough, but my mind drifted. Work crept in. What still needs to be done, what’s…
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What comes after AI? The foundations still matter
I was asked on LinkedIn recently what comes after AI.
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AI adoption carries a responsibility to people
Hearing about Amazons reported plan to lay off up to 30000 employees and hearing Andy Jassy directly link it to AI adoption genuinely distresses me.
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month includes AI
Let’s Not Forget October Is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and Yes, That Includes AI
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AI is becoming an enterprise identity
AI Is Becoming an Identity: The Next Frontier of Enterprise Security
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Amara’s Law and the hard work of AI adoption
Amara’s Law is alive and well in AI.
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MIT Sloan changed how I think about AI collaboration
I stopped believing in AI. MIT Sloan School of Management changed that.
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From a still image to an interactive AI agent
From Still Image to AI Agent
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The everyday AI race deserves more attention
Thanks to a thought-provoking piece in The Economist by Rishi Sunak, Former British Prime Minister, on the AI race, here’s a reality check we can’t ignore.
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AI safety filters and the question of authority
Artificial Intelligence safety is finally moving from policy papers to real-world code.
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Where should AI decision authority end?
At what point do we stop making decisions, and let AI make them for us?
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Designing AI to extend human capability
Artificial Intelligence was once seen as a quiet partner, designed to supplement and assist employees. It handled repetitive tasks and extended human capabilities.
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Agentic AI and practical workplace use cases
Artificial intelligence is not just a buzzword. It is reshaping how we work.
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Common myths and facts about agentic AI
Common Myths and Facts about Agentic AI
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Custom applications need AI governance from the start
Custom Apps + AI + Governance = Secure Innovation at Scale
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AI is already here: who controls the outcome?
The Rise of the Machines Is Not Coming. It is Already Here.
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Turning the AI conversation from staff reduction to staff augmentation
This came up in a recent roundtable, and it was interesting how quickly the conversation went there. As soon as AI adoption came up, the focus shifted to staff reduction. Cost savings. Efficiency. Doing more with…
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You’ve Secured Your AI Agents. But Can You Trust Their MCP Servers?
MCP tool definitions and returned content can influence an agent that already has legitimate access. Review the trust boundary, cross-tool interactions, and independent authorization before expanding autonomous actions.
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