Cybersecurity / News analysis
The NCSC's covert-network warning challenged simple assumptions about attack origins
The April advisory is a useful starting point for examining what an observed connection can establish, and what it cannot.
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AI Security / Field guide
Your AI supply chain includes more than a model
Weights, tokenizers, plugins, dependencies and serving infrastructure form one operating system of trust. Inventory them together.
Data Breaches / Field guide
The first 24 hours after a data breach
The early response should stop continuing harm, preserve evidence, and create a reliable decision process. A rigid countdown is less useful than clear ownership.
Startups / Analysis
The unit economics of an AI product start with retries
The visible model call is only one cost event. A useful financial model follows each customer task through retries, tools, review, and an accepted result.
Artificial Intelligence / News analysis
Muse Spark made Meta's product choices part of the model story
A retrospective on the April announcement and the questions it raised about distribution, access, and the meaning of a useful assistant.
Cybersecurity / Field guide
Use KEV to prioritize patches, then add the context
Known exploitation is a powerful signal. A defensible remediation queue combines that signal with affected assets, exposure, consequence, and verified treatment.
Cyberwarfare / Explainer
In operational technology, a security change is an engineering decision
Cybersecurity controls have to fit the physical process, its failure modes, and the people responsible for keeping it safe.
Artificial Intelligence / Analysis
The hidden trade-offs behind smaller AI models
Smaller models can lower resource needs and widen deployment options. Their value depends on a carefully defined job.