Global Cybersecurity expert of 30 years. British Computer Society Fellow, Member of the Ivor's Academy. Gartner Veteran. That Fraud Guy. Writer for Dark Reading
This is my ontology. 991 entities — threat actors, malware, CVEs, relationships — built over months of work.
That's context engineering. Not prompt engineering.
The CISO who bans AI doesn't stop AI use. They stop visible AI use. Shadow AI follows prohibition, not permission.
Security vendors have discovered AI. So have the attackers.
Every booth at RSA will say "AI-powered". Ask any of them what they're doing about prompt injection or context poisoning and watch the subject change.
Compliance theatre got a software update.
Ransomware payments: 28% of attacks in 2026. Record low. Not a win.
Operators shifted from encryption to exfiltration. No decryption key to negotiate. Marquis v. SonicWall heads to trial. Vendor liability for breach pathways is becoming case law.
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The CISO question isn't "which Guardian Agent do I buy?"
It's: does this agent have security properties intrinsic to how it's built, or does it need external supervision to behave?
Those are different problems.
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In today's CISO Intelligence: Another digital tsunami, this new-fangled thing called progress, the lesson for today, keeping all bases covered, the party's over, and the same but different.
https://t.co/aeg30KS70H
In today's CISO Intelligence: The choreography doesn't always tell the story, when trust becomes a question mark, a dubious crown, a new use for a resurrected tool, not the Bond villain but close, and the red alerts we will all like.
https://t.co/a7Nmim6DJR
On today's CISO Intelligence: The never-ending pruning story, who left the doors unlocked? When privacy goes out of the window, the day the tide turned, a major blunder, and subtlety: the unwanted gentle touch.
https://t.co/x3vf5nUORX
In today's CISO Intelligence: The magic trick no-one wants, no time for slacking, do the homework! Making big waves, raising the defensive game, and oh - the irony!
https://t.co/msOKcpwv9o
In today's CISO Intelligence: What you see is not always what you get, not the usual teamwork, rapid rethink required, rebooting is now on steroids, too many hands cause chaos, and secrets laid bare.
https://t.co/0xCgVMVMMa
In today's CISO Intelligence: A most ingenious paradox, just one smooth move, money making the world go around, guarding the vault, when tall tales get called out, and who's zooming who?
https://t.co/X6Zpf8whja