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Friday’s Briefing · September 12

SC Media, Thursday, September 4th, 2025

Why Model Context Protocols Are The Next AI Security Blind Spot

AI agents are moving from novelty to infrastructure at record speed. In the race to make them more capable, developers are bolting on Model Context Protocols (MCPs) - plugins that act as connectors between agents and the APIs, tools, or execution environments they control. more →

Why Model Context Protocols Are The Next AI Security Blind Spot

Architecture and Governance, Friday, September 5th, 2025

AI Adoption Is Like Handling Fire

The first is the FOMO tribe those driven by the fear of missing out. They rush into the AI race without truly understanding it beyond a handful of GPT prompts. You'll find them attending every AI conference, spending heavily, and often relying on 'YouTube and WhatsApp scholars' as decision-makers. more →

AI Adoption Is Like Handling Fire

Platform Engineering, Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025

If You Have A Platform Engineering Project, You'Re Doing It Wrong

It's September 2025, and the writing's on the wall for anyone still running platform engineering as a series of bespoke, hand-rolled projects. The 'build it yourself' ethos that shaped the early days of internal developer platforms (IDPs) now feels almost quaint. Why? Because the market - and the demands on tech teams - has moved on at lightning speed. more →

If You Have A Platform Engineering Project, You'Re Doing It Wrong

Techstrong.IT, Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025

Can AI Parse Packet Captures?

I have to admit that if Ward Cobley of VIAVI ever decides to start a second career as a comedian he's going to do very well. His delivery is spot on and the subject he discussed at Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live US 2025 was humorous in a non-traditional way. It did get me to start thinking about the limitations of LLMs when it comes to packet capture analysis. more →

Can AI Parse Packet Captures?

Tech Field Day, Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025

Agentic AI Spells The End Of Dial Twiddlers

If you haven't already, start working with Generative AI now and make sure to control your ongoing costs. This episode of the Tech Field Day podcast features Russ Fellows, Mitch Lewis, and Brian Martin, all from Signal65, and is hosted by Alastair Cooke. more →

Agentic AI Spells The End Of Dial Twiddlers

Upcoming Event · Thu, Oct 1 · 1:00pm

Agentic Runtime Security on AWS: Identity, Least Privilege, and Audit for AI Agents with IBM Verify Identity Access and HashiCorp Vault

This hands-on workshop deploys a working reference implementation of five control objectives for agentic systems - verifiable agent identity, no standing privileges, actions tied to user intent, enforcement at the point of use, and audit evidence correlated across all three trust planes (user, workload, data) - using IBM Verify Identity Access and HashiCorp Vault on Amazon EKS. more →

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Agentic Runtime Security on AWS: Identity, Least Privilege, and Audit for AI Agents with IBM Verify Identity Access and HashiCorp Vault (Oct. 1st)

Sustainability and ESG, Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025

What Is Sustainable Marketing?

Sustainable marketing is a purpose-driven strategy that promotes products, services and brand values aligned with long-term environmental, social and economic well-being. more →

What Is Sustainable Marketing?

Upcoming Event · Tue, Sep 22 · 1:00pm

Trustworthy AI in the Cloud: Observability as a Control System

This session explores why observability is emerging as a foundational capability for trustworthy AI. Rather than focusing solely on infrastructure health, modern observability provides the transparency and context needed to understand how AI systems behave, why they produce specific outcomes, and whether they continue to perform as intended over time. more →

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Trustworthy AI in the Cloud: Observability as a Control System (Sept. 22nd)

Tenable, Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025

Building A Cloud Security Strategy With Aws Native Tools

Are you an Amazon Web Services customer looking to build a cloud security strategy? If so, you've got an array of choices. Learn about their strengths and gaps - and why you need to augment them with a CNAPP like Tenable Cloud Security. more →

Building A Cloud Security Strategy With Aws Native Tools

Zscaler, Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025

How To Prevent Generative AI Data Leakage

Generative AI is transforming industries worldwide with tools like chatbots, coding assistants, and document analyzers. At the same time, with greater use of AI comes greater risk of AI data leakage and unauthorized sharing. more →

How To Prevent Generative AI Data Leakage

Upcoming Event · Tue, Sep 22 · 1:00pm

Trustworthy AI in the Cloud: Observability as a Control System

This session explores why observability is emerging as a foundational capability for trustworthy AI. Rather than focusing solely on infrastructure health, modern observability provides the transparency and context needed to understand how AI systems behave, why they produce specific outcomes, and whether they continue to perform as intended over time. more →

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Trustworthy AI in the Cloud: Observability as a Control System (Sept. 22nd)