Chris

AI security & governance advisor · Founder, Hackademic Solutions · 27 yrs Navy cyber, doctorate in cyber workforce · I write The Hackademic Briefing, weekly

[Chris @chrishackademic]

You can't govern AI you can't see.

Most orgs answer shadow AI with another policy. Issue #1 of The Hackademic Briefing makes the case for discovery first, plus a 30-minute inventory you can run this week.

3 signals, 1 lesson, 1 action, 5 minutes: https://t.co/THp9joAYfc

[Chris @chrishackademic]

The latest Hackademic Solutions Briefing is out.

Before handing AI a business task:
- Check it can read your data correctly
- Ask what the agent can touch before what it can do
- Find the AI your team already uses, then write the rules

https://t.co/xhT84f5cHz

[Chris @chrishackademic]

@ElectroluxUS Frigidaire freezer FFUE2024AW. Bought Jul 9, broke Sep 10. Incomplete service visit Sep 21, then months of “part delays.” Door still on backorder with no ETA. Chat today: no escalate, no date, “we’ll keep you updated” — but you haven’t. When do I get a door, or a new freezer? #fail

[Chris @chrishackademic]

At the free Lunch & Learn we hosted in Murrieta, attendees wanted to see how to set up an AI agent.
This week's Briefing covers choosing the job, keeping the setup simple, and checking the
work. https://t.co/cAlqlNqYFI

[Chris @chrishackademic]

High-quality books on sale for the win...

[No Starch Press @nostarch]

Some people watch horror movies. You reread the documentation you wrote at the end of a very long day (it's okay, we've been there♥️).

Our Halloween sale is (a)live! Get 31% off everything with code FRIGHTBYTE through October 31 at https://t.co/xV8aGVf1rj.

[Chris @chrishackademic]

@DavidLinthicum Great post, thanks for sharing. Did you consider ease of use/adoption?

[Chris @chrishackademic]

Someone at a chamber tech summit asked me how to find good AI skills.
Finding them is step one. Before you install one, check what it can make your agent do and what its connections let it touch.
This week's Hackademic Briefing: https://t.co/oXhD72U7IZ

[Chris @chrishackademic]

Humans and AI both bring blind spots. How do we check the judgment behind the work?
This week's Hackademic Briefing covers oversight, AI agents, and a five-case review you can try.
https://t.co/XeRBVxHNe0

[Chris @chrishackademic]

@jasonfried Great news, thanks for doing this.

[Chris @chrishackademic]

This week's Hackademic Briefing: lessons from @awscloud Reimagine research, five questions from my Chamber breakfast talk, and new small-business AI data.
The Everyday Decisions Behind Secure AI:
https://t.co/IkGWsrVphm

[Chris @chrishackademic]

A year ago I built a Zeek course in Google Docs. I finally moved it to Skool, and it's now free.

Inside: Zeek Kickstart (7 days, from conn.log to attack timelines) plus a classroom on making tech learning stick. Built for beginners.

https://t.co/wSNLuawwex

[No Starch Press @nostarch]

Your next security skill starts with a good book.

Save 30% on hacking and security books with code STAYSHARP through October 9.

Print books include the free ebook. Sale excludes preorders.

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[Chris @chrishackademic]

I think the biggest mistake is starting with the tool instead of the problem. Owners hear about whatever AI tool is getting the most attention, jump in, and then try to figure out what to do with it.

A better approach is: identify the business problem first, then ask whether AI is actually the right tool to solve it.

[Chris @chrishackademic]

I wrote my small business guide to secure AI adoption in Writebook, self-hosted on my own server. It's simple, fast, and stays out of the way so the writing comes first. Thanks @jasonfried and @37signals

https://t.co/DZB7B4SyPE

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[Chris @chrishackademic]

@jasonfried @37signals Ooops... Thanks for letting me know!

[Chris @chrishackademic]

I wrote my small business guide to secure AI adoption in Writebook, self-hosted on my own server. It's simple, fast, and stays out of the way so the writing comes first. Thanks @jasonfried and @37signals. https://t.co/3UBKCp4Vu5

[Chris @chrishackademic]

Making AI useful takes process mapping, system connections, exception handling, and checks on results.
This week's Hackademic Briefing: automation engineering, three lessons from AWS, and staying focused amid AI noise.
https://t.co/7GiCrUxfOm

[Chris @chrishackademic]

@alliekmiller Can’t wait for AI to cause a recession because it turns out the entire economy was subscriptions we forgot to cancel 😀

[Chris @chrishackademic]

3/3
Take it here: https://t.co/sra8SzUNv3
If the score is weaker than you want, book the free discovery from the results page. No hard sell. Just a clear next step.

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1/3
How ready is your org for power outages, vendor delays, or an emergency shutdown?

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2/3
Our free Continuity Scorecard takes about 3 minutes.
You get a plain readiness band across storm, flood, outage, and vendor-disruption gaps. Built by Hackademic Solutions for SoCal operators, risk, IT, and facilities