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AI & Automation

Agentic security, autonomous remediation, human-in-the-loop systems and AI security operations.

AI & Automation

Why autonomous remediation stops at the production gate

Automation fails when it breaks production. Human-supervised remediation provides a path to clear the cloud security backlog by keeping engineers in the loop while removing the manual investigation burden.

Elena Brandt  -  September 28, 2026 · 7 min
AI & Automation

Why your critical cloud findings sit for 120 days: The production paralysis problem

Cloud security backlogs grow because engineers fear breaking production. A move toward read-only investigation agents and confidence indicators provides the safety net required for closure.

Elena Brandt  -  August 31, 2026 · 6 min
AI & Automation

65% of cloud risk is misconfiguration. Handing it to an AI agent is still a bad idea

65% of cloud security incidents stem from misconfigurations, but letting AI agents fix them autonomously risks breaking production through non-deterministic errors and dependency blindness.

Elena Brandt  -  July 27, 2026 · 7 min
AI & Automation

Auto-remediation gets turned off in 90 days. Here is what breaks first

Automated scripts for cloud security often fail in production because they lack operational context. Most teams disable them after the first outage, leading to a resurgence of the remediation backlog.

Elena Brandt  -  July 19, 2026 · 6 min
AI & Automation

Inside the AI agent that fixes cloud findings without touching production blind

Enterprises are adopting modular AI agents that map dependencies and calculate blast radius to prevent production outages during security fixes.

Elena Brandt  -  June 16, 2026 · 7 min
AI & Automation

Where autonomous remediation stops and a human has to sign off

Autonomous security agents offer speed, but production stability requires human oversight for high-impact IAM and network changes.

Elena Brandt  -  June 2, 2026 · 6 min
AI & Automation

What an AI agent must prove before you give it production write access

Automated remediation promises to clear the CNAPP backlog, but granting AI write access to production requires more than a prompt. Trust depends on context, rollbacks, and human oversight.

Elena Brandt  -  May 21, 2026 · 6 min
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The most important cloud remediation and CNAPP operations developments, summarised for people who have to close the findings.

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