by amvandenhurk | Oct 7, 2026
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory AI agent authority is the set of decisions an organization has entrusted an AI agent to make, the limits on those decisions, and what happens when the agent reaches one. It is not the same as what the agent can...
by amvandenhurk | Sep 30, 2026
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory In August, an unidentified object was spotted near Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany. Flight operations stopped. Aircraft were diverted. Investigators found a drone near the runway. It was carrying explosives and a...
by amvandenhurk | Sep 23, 2026
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory An AI security system can find a vulnerability, confirm it’s exploitable, and recommend a fix in under a second. That creates an obvious advantage for defenders. It also creates a governance problem. Once a system...
by amvandenhurk | Sep 10, 2026
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory In August, Berlin discovered a cyber incident affecting parts of its state network. Two Senate administrations were isolated. A crisis team was established. Systems were investigated, then reconnected. That could have...
by amvandenhurk | Aug 13, 2026
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory Identifying the problem is not the same as fixing it. Most organizations already know where their governance gaps are. The escalation path that dead-ends at one person. The delegated authority that was assumed...
by amvandenhurk | Aug 6, 2026
By Ann Marie van den Hurk, Mind The Gap Advisory There is one person who knows the truth about your governance problem. It is not your CISO. It is not your General Counsel. It is not your Chief Risk Officer. It is your spouse. Your partner. Your family. Would...