Field notes on the consequences of AI: for the network, the security team, the data center and the people who answer for it. The questions worth asking before they’re obvious, with the evidence and our view.
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Boards say they can’t see whether AI is paying off. The fix isn’t a better dashboard. It’s a different person holding the pen, and ten questions they should ask before the next renewal.
Score any AI tool, pilot or agent in 45 minutes, before you renew it, scale it or report it to the board. 12 pages.
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Picture your best analyst at 9:40 p.m., finishing tomorrow’s report on an AI tool she pays for herself. Banning it doesn’t stop it. It just hides it.
Evidence: Deloitte UK GenAI Workforce Survey 2026, n=25,000 (31% of GenAI users use it without their employer’s knowledge)
ArticleAISecurity
Unread AI code is fine for a button color. It is never fine for money, customer data or access. Where we’d draw the line, and why.
Evidence: BairesDev Dev Barometer Q3 2026, 705 developers (41% say virtually no AI code ships unreviewed)
ArticleAISecurity
Boards say they can’t see whether AI is paying off. The fix isn’t a better dashboard. It’s a different person holding the pen, and ten questions they should ask before the next renewal.
Evidence: PwC Directors Survey 2026 · EY AI Risk & Governance 2026 · Atlassian
Field guideAISecurity
Glappy Field Guide #1. Score any AI tool, pilot or agent in 45 minutes: the 10-line scorecard, what counts as evidence, a 30-day proof plan, a renewal gate checklist and a one-page board template.
Evidence: 12 pages · PDF · free with work email
LinkedIn noteAISecurity
CIOs are starting to treat agentic AI as a new class of insider. Accountability is moving from model-safety essays to named owners across the business, not just IT.
Evidence: Fortune, 16 Sep 2026 (quoting PwC’s global chief AI officer)
LinkedIn noteAISecurity
91% of large-company AI leaders say they use agentic AI; 49% haven’t updated governance for it, and 26% can’t detect unauthorized agents at all.
Evidence: EY US AI Risk and Governance Survey, 15 Sep 2026 (n=202)