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Construction on an Oncor electricity power plant by the new Skybox Power Campus data colocation center in North Austin, Texas. Cybersecurity must be table stakes as the data center boom continues, this op-ed argues. (Getty Images)

Why ‘secure-by-design’ systems are non-negotiable in the AI era

Trillions in AI infrastructure face systemic failure unless security begins at the chip and ends with the grid.
The great wall of China at sunset. (Getty Images)

AI security’s ‘Great Wall’ problem

AI security requires more than cloud hardening. The real attack surface isn't your infrastructure—it's the supply chains, agents, and humans that make up the system around it.
“Move fast and break things” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg onstage at the F8 conference 2014. (Mike Deerkoski via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

We moved fast and broke things. It’s time for a change.

For 20 years, tech has moved fast and broken things. The result: a cybersecurity crisis built on rushed code and vulnerable software. It's time to replace speed-at-all-costs…
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U.S. President Donald Trump, and (L-R) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Secretary of State Marco Rubio monitor U.S. military operations in Venezuela, from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club on January 3, 2026 in Palm Beach, Florida. President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro and first lady Cilia Flores were brought to New York on Saturday after being captured by the U.S. military in Caracas. (Photo by Molly Riley/The White House via Getty Images)

Is the US adopting the gray zone cyber playbook?

Rumored disruptions tied to Venezuela’s oil sector underscore how cyber interference can be used as sustained economic pressure, not just a one-off attack.
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