4. AI, Zero Trust and Secure by Design Walk into a Bar...

Publisher and date: Cloud Security Podcast, EP274, 27 April 2026. Who: hosts Anton Chuvakin and Timothy Peacock; guest Grant Dasher, presented as a Google distinguished engineer with prior CISA experience. Link: publisher page.

Source-based takeaway: the episode brings secure design, identity and AI into one discussion. It is relevant when automation is about to receive access to data or production systems.

Buyer action — editorial: list each proposed integration, identity, permission and permitted action. Ask who owns approval, how activity is recorded and how access can be revoked. Distinguish a tool that recommends a change from one that can execute it.

Limit: general architectural guidance does not prove that a particular product's controls are configured. Require evidence from the environment and contract under review.