AI, Five Eyes, and the enterprise
Five Eyes now says cyber risk assumptions are now measured in months
Who really owns your data?
Cyber, privacy and the rise of self sovereign identity
Beyond AI sovereignty: why the West relies on US frontier models and what comes next
The West has largely bypassed AI sovereignty, opting instead for dependence on US frontier models and raising urgent questions about control, resilience, and strategic agency.
The hidden politics of AI: sovereignty in a platform world
AI Sovereignty was never theoretical - you just weren’t paying attention
Anthropic, Fable 5, and why sovereign AI just got real
When Washington pulls the plug: Fable 5, Mythos 5, and why sovereign AI risk just got real.
AI’s Hidden Extraction Economy
We can’t unring the bell: How Labour and Knowledge Power “Intelligent” Machines
Reflections from 2024: Innovating when the ground is moving
It is interesting to read back on old posts sometimes. One I came across is titled: AI Changes Everything. Way back in June 2024 I travelled to Boston to speak at FEI: Front End of Innovation conference, invited by old friend Seth Adler to speak about how AI was about
Context and control: the real future of AI in the enterprise
The AI conversation is shifting. What began as a fascination with generative tools is rapidly evolving into something far more consequential: AI as an enterprise execution engine. The real challenge is no longer producing outputs, but delivering reliable, governed outcomes at scale.
Why observability and assurance are essential in the age of AI agents
As AI agents take real actions across your business, observability and assurance move from nice‑to‑have to non‑negotiable.
Data is changing: static to flowing
Data is no longer a static by-product; it is a flowing asset that powers automation and AI. When it is poorly governed, AI amplifies the problems - so managing data and its risks is now a strategic imperative.
Machine overmatch in an age of software-defined war
Ukraine has shown that modern war is increasingly software-defined, data-dependent and commercially entangled. Salt Typhoon reveals what this means in peacetime: adversaries are mapping telecommunications, infrastructure and digital ecosystems long before a crisis begins.
Before you worry about AI threats, fix your security fundamentals
Most cyber breaches aren’t driven by advanced AI - they’re caused by basic failures like exposed cloud storage and poor data governance. It’s time to refocus on cybersecurity fundamentals.