Governance & privacy7 MIN READ
Data minimisation for agents that always want more context
Better agent context is not the largest possible context. It is the smallest authorised, relevant and timely data set that supports the task.
THE SOFTLANDER BLOG
April 2026
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In April 2026
21 articlesGovernance & privacy6 MIN READ
What changes when an AI agent can modify itself?
Self-modification turns runtime learning into controlled software change. Separate what may adapt, require evidence for promotion and preserve a recoverable baseline.
Strategy & transformation6 MIN READ
Who owns an AI agent after launch?
Live agents cut across product, operations, risk and technology. One accountable service owner needs explicit decision rights supported by named control owners.
Evaluation & assurance6 MIN READ
Testing logistics agents under disruption
A logistics agent earns trust when data becomes late, routes close and plans conflict—not when everything follows the timetable.
Agent security6 MIN READ
Can you trust an agent kill switch you have never tested?
Stopping one process may leave tools, queued actions, delegated agents and credentials active. Define the safe state, control every action path and rehearse the stop under load.
Cryptographic engineering6 MIN READ
Signatures are the harder half of the post-quantum migration
Key exchange migration is largely a configuration change. Signature migration runs into certificate sizes, fixed-width image headers, verifiers you cannot update and archives that must stay verifiable for decades.
Governance & privacy6 MIN READ
How audit committees can discuss AI without pretending to be engineers
Audit committees can oversee AI through ownership, control evidence, reporting integrity and assurance scope without turning meetings into model-architecture tutorials.
Evaluation & assurance6 MIN READ
How to test whether an AI agent recovers gracefully
Inject realistic faults, verify state and judge the recovery path. A retry that finishes the task can still duplicate work or hide uncertainty.
Governance & privacy6 MIN READ
Healthcare administrative agents: useful workflows with strict boundaries
Administrative agents can reduce coordination work, but clinical meaning and patient access can enter the workflow sooner than the label suggests.
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