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Welcome, AHEAD Security Leaders Security is a business imperative shaping how enterprises operate, innovate, and earn trust as they transform with AI. To meet that moment, we're expanding the leadership of our Security Services Practice at AHEAD, and welcoming five leaders who will continue to drive that growth forward: - Tony Zaheer, MSCM, CISSP, CCISO, Managing Principal - Katie Hanahan, Managing Principal - Mark Modisette, Principal Consultant - Anthony D., Senior Director, Managed Security Services - Jerry Murtland  MSIA, CISSP, CISA, HITRUST, Managing Principal Beyond the technology, this expanded leadership brings a renewed strategic advisory focus, helping enterprise leaders align security investments with business outcomes, risk tolerance, and long-term growth. At AHEAD, we engineer digital platforms that power the most successful organizations in the world, and security has always been core to that mission. Please join us in welcoming Tony, Katie, Mark, Anthony, and Jerry to the team. This next chapter of our Security Practice reflects a deepened commitment to helping our clients stay ahead of an increasingly complex threat landscape. Excited for what's ahead. #AHEADSecurity

Every August, the AI Village at DEF CON is a proving ground for offensive AI research. And for AHEAD's Red Team, it's a preview of the techniques we'll be running against client AI systems for the next twelve months. One of the biggest emerging threats (and what’s keeping our own architects up at night) is indirect prompt injection, when an attacker plants instructions in content the model will later read on someone else’s behalf, whether that’s a support ticket, a PDF in a RAG store, or even a calendar invite. Read more about how the Red Team is tackling the latest in AI security research: https://bit.ly/4wUN7L2

We’re proud to recognize AHEAD’s Q2 Overall IMPACT Award winner, Michael Nelson, Senior Technical Consultant! Michael created an AI-powered solution to analyze RVTools exports against the latest design documentation, best practices, and hardware compatibility lists, cutting a 20–40 hour manual consulting workflow down to minutes while delivering both detailed technical assessments and executive-ready summaries that accelerate client time-to-value and uphold AHEAD’s standard of professional, high-quality deliverables. A special shout-out to all of our Q2 quarterly IMPACT Award winners around the globe. Thank you for going above and beyond for AHEAD, our partners, and most importantly, our clients. #AlwaysAHEAD

Although traditional app security and cloud security disciplines remain relevant, they are no longer sufficient on their own in AI systems that are probabilistic, data-dependent, and increasingly autonomous in how they invoke tools and act on context. The real-world implication is straightforward: AI application security should be treated as the next maturity layer after #CNAPP, not as a separate side project. Read the AHEAD cloud security team's full take here: https://bit.ly/4wQAm3Q

🇬🇧 𝗪𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗨𝗞 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱. AHEAD has opened its new AHEAD Foundry™ facility in Reading, marking the operational cornerstone of our UK presence — fully functional from day one. This isn't just a new address on the map. It's the result of a coordinated UK and European strategy: the Prolimax acquisition, Paul Allen joining as EVP of Sales, EMEA, and now a fully industrialised production centre right here in the UK for AI, HPC, and edge infrastructure. As Paul Allen, EVP Sales EMEA, put it: UK organisations scaling enterprise AI no longer have to choose between local execution and global consistency — we're delivering both, from right here in Reading. Read more about AHEAD Foundry: https://bit.ly/4gbUDdo Full press release: https://bit.ly/4qbsSGb #AI #Infrastructure #HPC #UK #DigitalTransformation

Too often, AI strategy, architecture, integration, logistics, and operations are treated as separate motions owned by separate teams. That's workable for conventional refresh cycles. It gets expensive and slow once GPU density, liquid cooling, and cross-border deployment enter the picture. At AHEAD, we've built a different model. We bring those motions together so clients move faster and get into production with more confidence. The new UK #AHEADFoundry facility extends that model. Multinational clients get regional execution that still feels like one company. #Hatch keeps the operational data connected to the hardware, so IT teams get a shared view across regions instead of guesswork. Together, they shorten the gap between infrastructure investment and dependable production use. Read Chris Tucker's perspective here: https://bit.ly/4hjkVN0

Excited to see this InformationWeek perspective on the conversations shaping Black Hat 2026. The security community is moving past the AI hype and into the harder, more important questions: How do we secure agents, identities, permissions, and the infrastructure that supports them? How do we build the visibility, governance, and resilience needed to move forward with confidence? AI is becoming part of the broader security operating model, not a separate experiment. The organizations that get ahead will be the ones that pair innovation with strong fundamentals and measurable outcomes. Read the article: https://lnkd.in/echzeMhK #Cybersecurity #AI #AHEAD #BlackHat2026

Most enterprise security teams aren’t suffering from too little information. In fact, quite the opposite. They're currently drowning in it. With so much competing for our attention, it’s a struggle to decide which signals actually change the understanding of risk. The most valuable thing to bring back from any conference, be it Black Hat or #DEFCON, is a clearer understanding of how offensive tradecraft is evolving in practice. That happens through the off-the-record discussions that refine perspective and add new texture to lessons from past engagements. It’s where the industry’s blind spots get exposed by the people most capable of finding them. Read the full perspective on the most exciting learnings of DEF CON from AHEAD Red Team Technical Consultant Adrian C.: https://bit.ly/3TwTSE5