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Article · Jul 2026

You Made an AI Policy. So Now What?

Published on LinkedIn by Chris M. Ward.

Article · Jun 2026

From Chaos to Control: Managing AI Risk in Healthcare

Published on LinkedIn by Dr. Josh Harguess.

Article · Jun 2026

You Can't Patch AI!

Published on LinkedIn by Chris M. Ward.

Talk · Jun 2026

Breaking the Black Box: An Overview of AI Governance and Tabletop Simulation

Chris M. Ward at Planet Cyber Sec AI AppSec, Annenberg Community Beach House, Santa Monica, June 3, 2026.

Talk · May 2026

SPIE Assurance and Security for AI-enabled Systems

Dr. Josh Harguess and Chris M. Ward co-chaired the SPIE conference on Assurance and Security for AI-enabled Systems.

Article · May 2026

Your Temperature Setting Is a Bigger Security Risk Than Your Quantization Tier

Published on LinkedIn by Chris M. Ward.

Talk · Apr 2026

B-Sides San Diego 2026: Breaking the Black Box.

A BSides San Diego 2026 session on the AI governance frameworks that matter: NIST AI RMF, the EU AI Act, ISO 42001, GDPR and MITRE's AI Maturity Model.

Talk · Apr 2026

Breaking the Black Box: BSides San Diego 2026

A session on the AI governance frameworks that matter: NIST AI RMF, the EU AI Act, ISO 42001, GDPR and MITRE's AI Maturity Model.

Talk · Apr 2026

Breaking the Black Box: A Tabletop Guide to AI Governance and Maturity

An interactive workshop pairing the NIST AI RMF and the MITRE AI Maturity Model with a live incident tabletop.

Talk · Mar 2026

Walk the Line: Third Party Risk Summit 2026

Dr. Josh Harguess on a panel on third party AI risk at the Grand Hyatt, Nashville, March 18 and 19, 2026.

Talk · Mar 2026

Demystifying AI

A three hour workshop with ISACA San Diego, in person and on Zoom, March 5, 2026.

Talk · Mar 2026

Naval Applications of Machine Learning

Chris M. Ward and Dr. Josh Harguess speaking at Naval Applications of Machine Learning.

Article · Feb 2026

Why Anthropic's Capability Leak is an AI Maturity Problem

Published on LinkedIn by Chris M. Ward.

Field notes · Jan 2026

2025: The Year of the Spark

A look back at our first year: research at the NATO IST-210 symposium, CAMLIS, BSides Las Vegas and SPIE DCS, and where we take it next.

Interview · Dec 2025

When hackers weaponize AI, the rules of cyber defense change overnight

Dr. Josh Harguess with Terry Gerton on Federal News Network, on what AI-enabled attackers change for federal agencies.

Research · Nov 2025

Beyond the Firewall: The Three Pillars of Offensive AI Security

AI fails in ways firewalls cannot see: data poisoning, model theft, prompt injection. The three layers of a deliberate offensive AI security strategy.