Signal & Trust

Security, identity & AI — without the noise

Practical perspectives on securing the enterprise as identities, copilots and autonomous agents increasingly operate side by side.

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This newsletter is for people working at the intersection of technology, security and AI — including:

Security architects, identity professionals, CISOs, technology leaders, cloud and platform teams, AI practitioners, governance professionals, consultants, engineers and anyone thinking seriously about how organisations can adopt AI securely.

You don't need to be an AI engineer to follow along.

The focus is on understanding what AI changes for enterprise security — and what security needs to change in response.

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Past editions

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From AI Adoption to Agent Sprawl: Governing the Enterprise Agent Estate

A write-up of my Data Decoded Manchester 2026 talk: why AI agents change the governance challenge, four questions to ask about every agent, and a practical path from agent sprawl to a governed agent estate.

October 14, 2026

About Cynthia

I'm Cynthia Akiotu, a cybersecurity architect and Microsoft MVP in Security.

My work and research sit at the intersection of identity, data security, AI security, governance and agentic systems.

I write about the practical challenges organisations face as humans, applications, copilots and autonomous agents increasingly operate within the same digital environment.

I also speak at conferences and technical communities on cybersecurity, identity and securing enterprise AI.

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