The Control Layer
Amer AltafWhere artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and enterprise leadership intersect.
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Trust is the growth engine: Vanta's bet that the annual audit is finished
On 7 May 2026 in London, Vanta unveiled an agentic trust platform built around a continuously updated trust graph. The architecture is the right one.
The first 200 words of this piece are free. The full 3,400-word editorial breakdown — the...
Trust the agency, not just the agent: a conversation with Vanta's Khush Kashyap
On the morning of 14 May 2026, episode six of The Control Layer is going live. My guest is Khush Kashyap, Senior Director of Governance, Risk and Compliance at Vanta, recorded in a London studio in the days following VantaCon UK 2026. The c...
The Equipment Chokehold: ASML and the end of the allied exemption
The video edition of Four Chokepoints — Part 3 is live.
On 22 April 2026, the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced a bill that gives the Netherlands 150 days to match American export controls on semiconductor equipment — or lose access...
DeepSeek V4 and the death of two monopolies
Two monopolies died on 24 April: NVIDIA’s grip on launch-day silicon, and the assumption that frontier-like performance was worth the closed-source premium.
On the morning of 24 April 2026, a Chinese laboratory most British boardrooms stil...
The equipment chokehold: ASML, the MATCH Act, and the end of the allied exemption
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On 22 April 2026, the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced by a substantial bipartisan margin a bill that gives the Netherlands 150 days to match Am...
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Founder & CEO, Arkava – sovereign AI automation for UK & EU. 20+ years enterprise tech leadership (Skanska, Foster + Partners). The Control Layer explores AI, cyber, geopolitics and leadership for executives who need signal, not noise.
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