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Posts by Patrick Spencer

Patrick Spencer, Senior Vice President, Americas Marketing & Industry Research, Kiteworks
Patrick is charged with building thought leadership and communications programs that increase brand awareness and engagement and propel lead-generation programs. He has nearly two decades of experience in various senior marketing roles within cybersecurity at Contrast Security, Fortinet, and Symantec.
He holds a doctorate from the University of Durham and two masters and a bachelor’s degree from Abilene Christian University.
When Bots Outnumber People: Governing the Third Traffic Category
The 31% Problem: Shadow AI Training Gaps Are Now an Insider Risk
CVE-2026-3854: When AI Finds the Bug Before You Patch It
AI Supply Chain Breach: The Mercor-LiteLLM Pattern Is Just Starting
Indirect Prompt Injection Goes Live: Why Guardrails Won’t Save You
The AI You Can’t See: Why Visibility Has Become the Defining Governance Problem of 2026
The IMF Just Made AI Cyber Risk a Financial Stability Issue. Most Banks Are Not Ready
Financial Services Just Became the Test Case for Whether AI Governance Is Real
AI Governance in 2026: Why Boards That Wait Will Inherit an Ungovernable Mess
Agentic AI’s Identity Crisis: Why Machine Credentials Are Your Next Breach Vector
Verizon DBIR 2026: Shadow AI Now a Top Insider Threat
What the Rockstar Games Snowflake Incident Means for Third-Party Data Security
Global Data Privacy Laws 2026: Cross-Jurisdiction Compliance Guide