In this week's episode, we unpack:

✅ The F5 Breach Reality Check – Source code stolen, vulnerability intel compromised, and US regulators issuing emergency directives. If you run F5 gear (or your suppliers do), this is your wake-up call. We break down the immediate actions: inventory, logging, patching, and the vendor contract clauses you should've had in place yesterday.

✅ AI's Shadow IT Problem – Fresh data reveals 43% of employees are pasting sensitive work data—client info, internal docs—into AI tools without approval. It's not just awareness; it's a control gap. We discuss DLP guardrails, AI use registers, prompt-injection testing, and how POPIA compliance intersects with chatbot usage.

✅ When AI Safety Fails – The heartbreaking lawsuit against OpenAI following 16-year-old Adam Raine's suicide raises urgent questions about guardrail design, safety interventions, and legal liability. If you deploy customer-facing AI, age-gating and escalation protocols aren't optional anymore.

✅ History Matters: Giovanni Soro – Before Turing, before Enigma, there was Venice's master cryptanalyst in 1506. Soro built the world's first formal code-breaking bureau—complete with entrance exams, frequency analysis, and diplomatic cipher systems. His legacy? A blueprint for organised information security that endures today.