Episode 102: Guardrails are good, but..

In Episode 102 of the Cloud Architects Podcast, we sit down with Mona Ghadiri to explore the rapidly evolving world of AI governance. As organizations rush to deploy AI agents, copilots, and automated workflows, Mona argues that the industry is focusing too much on shiny tools and “guardrails” while neglecting the broader governance frameworks needed to manage risk responsibly. The conversation covers everything from prompt injection and supply chain vulnerabilities to the challenges of securing AI across users, applications, models, and training data. Mona shares practical insights on why many organizations are more prepared than they think, how existing security tools can be adapted for AI, and why starting with clear workflows is critical before building AI solutions. It’s a thoughtful discussion on balancing innovation with accountability in a world where AI capabilities are accelerating faster than the processes designed to control them.

Mona Ghadiri is a leader and innovator who specializes in building highly industrialized Security Operations teams and creating services for SIEM & XDR and cloud security.

As a three-time Microsoft Security MVP award recipient, Mona has a deep understanding of the Microsoft security ecosystem and knows how to leverage it to deliver reliable and resilient tooling and services detection and response. She sees security operations adopting AI and using it to unite threat intelligence, threat hunting, detection engineering, SOC operations, and purple teaming developing more resilient security programs and services. Mona’s goal is to create innovative and customer-centric products that address the evolving sophisticated cyber threats and challenges faced by organizations today. Outside of work, she enjoys cooking and baking sourdough bread. You can connect with Mona on LinkedIn

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