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Monday’s Briefing · March 23

LevelAct, Thursday, March 19th, 2026

Agentic AI Is Reshaping DevOps And Enterprise Automation In 2026

AI in DevOps is transforming how software is built, deployed, and secured in modern environments. A major shift is unfolding across the tech industry-one that goes far beyond traditional automation. The rise of agentic AI is beginning to transform how software is built, deployed, secured, and maintained. more →

Agentic AI Is Reshaping DevOps And Enterprise Automation In 2026

LevelAct, Tuesday, March 17th, 2026

Model Context Protocol ExplAIned: How MCP Is Changing AI Integration

Artificial intelligence is becoming more capable by the month, but raw intelligence is only part of the story. A model can generate content, summarize information, write code, and answer questions, yet its real value increases dramatically when it can interact with the systems where work actually happens. more →

Model Context Protocol ExplAIned: How MCP Is Changing AI Integration

Security Bouelevard, Friday, March 20th, 2026

Are You Certain Your Agentic AI Optimally Performs

What strategies are you employing to manage non-human identities (NHIs) within your organization? The notion of NHIs encompasses more than just machine identities; it's about the seamless coordination between cybersecurity and R&D to secure the cloud environment. more →

Are You Certain Your Agentic AI Optimally Performs

FutureCIO, Monday, March 16th, 2026

PodChats For FutureCIO: Sovereign AI By Design - More Than About Where Data Lives

AI governance in Southeast Asia is driven by rapid AI adoption, risk awareness, and the need for ethical deployment. The ASEAN Guide on AI Ethics and Governance (2024), supplemented by its 2025 Generative AI expansion, provides holistic frameworks that influence national policies, blending voluntary soft law with baselines inspired by EU and OECD standards. more →

PodChats For FutureCIO: Sovereign AI By Design - More Than About Where Data Lives

CxOTALK, Saturday, March 21st, 2026

Deloitte CTO On The AI Investment Trap: CIO Advisory 2026

On CXOTalk episode 912, Deloitte's Chief Technology Officer, Bill Briggs, reveals how the imbalance between AI technology spending and organizational investment is creating a compounding trap, where ungoverned agents, exploding inference costs, and rising failure rates are all consequences of the same misallocated budget. This discussion includes practical advice for CIOs. more →

Deloitte CTO On The AI Investment Trap: CIO Advisory 2026

devops.com, Wednesday, March 18th, 2026

Arcjet Extends Runtime Policy Engine To Block Malicious Prompts

Arcjet today added an ability to detect and block risky prompts before they are shared with a large language model (LLM) embedded within an application. The Arcjet AI prompt injection protection capability is based on an LLM that the company has been specifically training to detect patterns indicative of risky prompts that can then be blocked using a runtime policy engine built using WebAssembly (Wasm). more →

Arcjet Extends Runtime Policy Engine To Block Malicious Prompts

devops.com, Wednesday, March 18th, 2026

Policy As Code For Cost Control, Not Just Compliance

Policy as code is usually framed as a compliance tool. It blocks insecure configurations, enforces internal standards, and helps teams prove they meet audit or regulatory requirements. That framing is accurate, but incomplete. more →

Policy As Code For Cost Control, Not Just Compliance

devops.com, Monday, March 16th, 2026

The Green Side Of Observability: Why Less Data Can Mean More Insight

When we think about sustainability in software, the conversation often revolves around efficient algorithms, optimized cloud usage, or energy-conscious infrastructure. Rarely do we consider observability, the practice that allows us to understand systems, maintain reliability, and troubleshoot issues, as part of the equation. Yet every metric collected, every log retained, and every dashboard query consumes energy. At scale, this translates into a measurable carbon footprint. more →

The Green Side Of Observability: Why Less Data Can Mean More Insight

Platform Engineering, Friday, March 20th, 2026

Platform, AI, Or Security? Examining A Separation Of Concerns

Use of AI starts with a curious engineer who wants to improve their productivity. Eventually, more and more developers begin to use AI for improving and reviewing code, generating tests, or automating operational tasks. However, increased usage of AI also increases the security risk. What processes, systems, and patterns can help mitigate the risks while supporting our usage of AI? more →

Platform, AI, Or Security? Examining A Separation Of Concerns

Platform Engineering, Wednesday, March 18th, 2026

Why Platform Engineering Is Becoming The Backbone Of Cloud Native Operations

Cloud native is the go-to strategy for software delivery today. Containers, microservices, and everything as code enable teams to deliver features faster, but also add additional layers of complexity to the system. DevOps has been a success in bringing developers and operators closer together. more →

Why Platform Engineering Is Becoming The Backbone Of Cloud Native Operations

Security Bouelevard, Thursday, March 19th, 2026

SIEM Is Not Dead. It Just Stopped Moving Fast Enough.

I recently joined Tim Peacock and Anton Chuvakin on the Google Cloud Security Podcast to talk about SIEM, AI SOC, pricing, federated architecture, detection engineering, and why network telemetry is quietly becoming important again. more →

SIEM Is Not Dead. It Just Stopped Moving Fast Enough.

Security Bouelevard, Tuesday, March 17th, 2026

The Quiet Security Risk Hiding Inside Your SaaS Stack

As companies scale, SaaS stacks expand faster than governance ever could. Tools get added to solve immediate problems, then stitched together through APIs, SSO, and permissions that rarely get revisited. more →

The Quiet Security Risk Hiding Inside Your SaaS Stack

Security Bouelevard, Wednesday, March 18th, 2026

Three Identity Security Trends Shaping 2026: Passwordless Adoption, Reactive Security, And The Rise Of Identity Verification

In last year's State of Passwordless Identity Assurance report, we declared an Identity Renaissance-the turning point where enterprises recognized that passwords and shared secrets were fundamentally broken, and began rethinking their approach to digital identity. Security leaders began exploring phishing-resistant authentication, FIDO passkeys, and stronger identity assurance models. more →

Three Identity Security Trends Shaping 2026: Passwordless Adoption, Reactive Security, And The Rise Of Identity Verification

Security Bouelevard, Wednesday, March 18th, 2026

What Are The 5 Stages Of The Internal Audit Process

Internal audit in a SOX‑scoped, multi‑ERP environment is no longer just about periodic reviews and sample testing. High‑reliability organizations are moving toward data‑driven, continuous assurance - but the underlying audit methodology is still built on five core stages: planning, risk assessment, fieldwork, analysis and reporting, and follow‑up/monitoring.supervizor+1 more →

What Are The 5 Stages Of The Internal Audit Process

DDN, Wednesday, March 18th, 2026

How To Turn GPUs Into Revenue-Generating AI Services

The AI infrastructure buildout is one of the largest capital mobilizations in technology history. Governments are funding national AI factories. NVIDIA Cloud Partners (NCPs) providers are deploying tens of thousands of GPUs to compete with hyperscalers. more →

How To Turn GPUs Into Revenue-Generating AI Services

DDN, Wednesday, March 18th, 2026

The Next Bottleneck In AI For Science Isn't Compute, It's Data

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming how science is conducted. Across disciplines-from climate modeling and materials discovery to genomics and energy research-AI is accelerating the pace of discovery and enabling scientists to explore problems that were previously impossible to solve. more →

The Next Bottleneck In AI For Science Isn't Compute, It's Data

Upcoming Event · Wed, Oct 14 · 11:00am

Modernize for the AI Era

Join PwC and AWS for a discussion on how AI is redefining cloud modernization priorities. We'll share examples from leaders in their sectors, as well as practical recommendations for building modern cloud platforms that deliver measurable business value, while navigating evolving regulatory, risk, and operational considerations. more →

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Modernize for the AI Era (Oct. 14th)

F5, Wednesday, March 18th, 2026

Agentic Browsing Is Here, But Is It Safe?

Over the past year, chief information security officers (CISOs) have watched the rise of agentic browsing with equal parts curiosity and concern. Unlike traditional browsers, agentic browsers do not just load a webpage; they act on it. more →

Agentic Browsing Is Here, But Is It Safe?

Blocks & Files, Tuesday, March 17th, 2026

NVIDIA GTC Storage News Roundup

Nvidia's 2026 GTC has seen a blizzard of storage-related announcements. Here are ones from Cisco, Hammerspace, Kioxia, MinIO, NetApp, Nvidia itself, Samsung, Supermicro, VAST Data, VDURA and WEKA. more →

NVIDIA GTC Storage News Roundup

Upcoming Event · Wed, Sep 30 · 11:00am

AI Is Ready. Is Your Data?

Justin Yan will bring a customer-inspired scenario to life through a demonstration - covering ETL pipeline construction, large-scale pipeline operations, and automated governance enforcement using AI agents. Participants are encouraged to question the approach and compare it against their own data challenges. This is not a conversation about doing the same work a little faster. It is a conversation about how the way enterprises deliver data is about to fundamentally change. more →

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AI Is Ready. Is Your Data? (Sept. 30th)

Palo Alto Networks, Wednesday, March 18th, 2026

How NextWave's Evolution Drives Shared Success

Cybersecurity has entered a new phase where artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating both innovation and adversary activity. At the same time, customers are consolidating their technology vendor relationships to reduce complexity and strengthen overall resilience. more →

How NextWave's Evolution Drives Shared Success

Palo Alto Networks, Thursday, March 19th, 2026

Securing The Enterprise AI Ecosystem With ServiceNow And Prisma Airs

The era of enterprise AI is here, fundamentally reshaping how businesses operate, innovate and compete. As organizations increasingly integrate AI into their core workflows to boost productivity, they face a critical challenge: Secure an ever-expanding and complex AI ecosystem. more →

Securing The Enterprise AI Ecosystem With ServiceNow And Prisma Airs