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Authorization Doesn't Contain the Blast Radius

Private companies entering offensive cyber operations face the same boundary problem penetration testers already know, but with harder attribution, third-party infrastructure, changing conditions, and the risk of retaliation. Scope, stop conditions, and evidence have to contain both the action and what comes back.

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By Katie Kearns · August 14, 2026

Your AI Strategy Has Two Control Planes

Enterprise AI needs two kinds of governance: a knowledge control plane that defines what the system may trust and an action control plane that defines what it may reach and do.

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By Katie Kearns · August 12, 2026

A Prompt Is Not an Authorization Boundary

The UK AI Security Institute’s cyber evaluation revealed a gap between the boundaries described to AI agents and the controls the technical environment actually enforced. Organizations should constrain agents at least as carefully as they constrain human users.

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By Katie Kearns · August 5, 2026

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