When AI escapes containment: rethinking data protection in the agentic era
When frontier AI models start “escaping containment” and hacking real systems, the threat model for every organisation changes overnight.
cybersecurity
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.
AI has changed the cyber threat landscape
Artificial intelligence is now a first‑order cyber risk driver, as well as a productivity tool. AI‑accelerated threats, fragile model “harnesses,” and concentrated dependence on a few vendors demand urgent uplift in governance, resilience, and incident response.
AI, Cybersecurity and Sovereignty: Technology & Security Podcast
Was on the Technology & Security Podcast with the smart and lovely Miah Hammond-Errey 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
Navigating Cybersecurity for Small Business
In this episode of the Data Revolution podcast, I speak with Jodie Miners about the importance of cybersecurity for small businesses, focusing on the SMB 1001:2025 standard. We discuss the challenges small businesses face in implementing cybersecurity measures, the benefits of achieving certification, and practical steps to enhance data
Panel at UNSW Cyber Security Summit AI panel
Was happy to join an AI panel at the inaugural UNSW Cyber Security Summit today. I was lucky enough join an amazing group of panellists - AI guru Prof. Toby Walsh; UNSW CISO Derek Winter; legal, cyber and privacy expert Laura Newton of Freehills; and ably moderated by Robert Buhrke.
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What NEDs need to know about AI and cyber security
By Kate Carruthers & Kobi Leins
Note: this is a republication of a old piece that Kobi and I wrote as our old website has now gone away.
AI and Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity has been on our radar for some time as an important factor of which company directors need to