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# AI, Cybersecurity and Sovereignty: Technology & Security Podcast
- URL: https://katecarruthers.com/ai-cybersecurity-podcast/
- Published: 2025-12-29T02:59:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-01T03:51:19.000Z
- Author: Kate Carruthers
- Tags: ai, cybersecurity, ideas, podcast, cyber security, #Migrated-1775015344493, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-04-01 14:49

Was on the [Technology & Security Podcast](https://miahhe.com/?ref=katecarruthers.com) with the smart and lovely [Miah Hammond-Errey](https://miahhe.com/about?ref=katecarruthers.com) just before Christmas 2024 - have been meaning to share the link.

Miah and I had a great chat where we traced my path from defending shopping centre digital systems against cyber threats to building higher education enterprise AI, data and security capabilities.

I did mention (again) that many organisations will be better served by smaller, domain-specific AI models rather than huge resource-intensive frontier systems. We also explored how boardrooms are shifting from basic cyber awareness to deeper engagement with AI risk, and highlighted the need for diverse, product-focused teams who can turn technical systems into practical processes. On security, I did highlight data integrity, warning about AI poisoning risks in critical systems, and called for Australian AI sovereignty through open-source and reduced dependence on foreign cloud and security providers.

And, as I often do, I urged leaders to get hands-on with AI and start using AI tools directly, so that they can understand their probabilistic nature, and anchor deployments in clear problems, ethics and user needs.

[Check it out!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVJMSk5B6Gc&ref=katecarruthers.com)