Infosec, AI and ethics – new models for a secure future | Code Mesh LDN 18

We are not brains in jars. As technology takes on more of what we do, we need to keep moving, making, thinking and connecting with one another.

A conversation with a friend who works in cyber security got me thinking about why we both like NIST’s pillar-based approach, to cyber and how AI tools can help teams test, learn and improve their defences.

If an AI system starts behaving in ways you did not expect, who can actually stop it? Here's a practical guide to designing AI shutdown capability, from authority and access controls to safe fallbacks and a realistic kill-switch checklist.