White papers
Field notes from the front line of agentic AI risk — written for the people who answer to regulators, auditors, and boards. Rigorous, sourced, and built to be acted on.
two-part series
The Agentic CLI Architecture
Read in order for the full argument, or jump to the part you need.
- Part 1 17 May 2026 12 min read
The Agentic CLI, Today: Claude, Codex & Gemini Compared
An architectural side-by-side across eighteen dimensions — what each tool bets on, and where they diverge most sharply.
Agentic AI CLI architecture Comparative analysisRead Part 1
- Part 2 17 May 2026 10 min read
The Agentic CLI, Tomorrow: An Ideal-Design Synthesis
A synthesis of what the next generation of agentic CLIs should look like — grounded in current computer science and constrained to what a competent team could ship in six to twelve months.
Agentic AI System design Computer scienceRead Part 2
three-part series
Frontier AI Threat Defense
Read in order for the full argument, or jump to the part you need.
- Part 1 16 May 2026 14 min read
Strategic Context: The Frontier AI Offence–Defence Shift
Why vulnerability discovery has been commoditised, why autonomous offence still favours frontier capability, and what the regulatory clock now demands.
Cyber risk Banking & securities Regulatory complianceRead Part 1
- Part 2 16 May 2026 10 min read
The Red-Team Playbook: Attack Vectors, Tabletops & Detection
A tactical playbook — the full attack-vector catalogue, banking-specific tabletops, red-team objectives, and the detection engineering to catch them.
Red-team operations Threat detection Agentic AI securityRead Part 2
- Part 3 16 May 2026 8 min read
Metrics & Governance: KRIs, KPIs & Board Oversight
The measurement and assurance layer — key risk and performance indicators, the quarterly board dashboard, examiner focus areas, and the source-integrity discipline behind the series.
Risk metrics Governance Audit & assuranceRead Part 3
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