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The Bigger the Judge, the Better the Judgment? Not Quite.
8 Oct 2026 · 21 min read · ai · agentic-security

The Bigger the Judge, the Better the Judgment? Not Quite.

I tested three sizes of Kev and hosted JEV against security evidence, reordered choices, reassuring text and claims of authority. Bigger models were more stable, but that wasn't the whole story. And the results sent me down another architectural rabbit hole.

"High Confidence" Is Not a Security Control
2 Oct 2026 · 11 min read · ai · agentic-security

"High Confidence" Is Not a Security Control

JEV is fast, cheap and surprisingly capable. But recent research into its decision logic raises a bigger question: what happens when probabilistic AI judgment becomes an automated security control?

'A Human Should Check It' is Not an Agentic Security Control
30 Sep 2026 · 10 min read · ai · agentic-ai

'A Human Should Check It' is Not an Agentic Security Control

MSRC assessed an indirect prompt injection into Security Copilot as Low severity because consequential action still required downstream automation or human approval. That rationale gets much more interesting once security systems are explicitly designed to perceive, reason, and act autonomously.

Continuous Access Evaluation: Is it really tho?
16 Sep 2026 · 19 min read · research · msrc

Continuous Access Evaluation: Is it really tho?

An investigation into Outlook Mobile continuing to access Exchange Online mailbox data after Conditional Access and Continuous Access Evaluation say the session should no longer be authorised.

Daddy Issues: When APIM Workspaces Inherit the Parent Identity
14 Sep 2026 · 15 min read · microsoft · azure

Daddy Issues: When APIM Workspaces Inherit the Parent Identity

How a dedicated Azure API Management Workspace Gateway can still use the managed identity of its parent APIM service.

What The Entra Fudge?! Tenant Restrictions v1 Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means
19 Aug 2026 · 10 min read · Microsoft Entra · Tenant Restrictions

What The Entra Fudge?! Tenant Restrictions v1 Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means

Tenant Restrictions v1 can block access to unapproved Entra tenants while still allowing Microsoft consumer accounts unless a second header is injected into a different authentication endpoint.