Ideas and Writing - Nina S. Sawyer

June 8, 2026

AI, AI, AI – It’s Always About AI … But What About Cybersecurity?

My analysis of how emerging federal AI policy is beginning to converge with cybersecurity modernization, vulnerability management, and public-private coordination.

May 27, 2026

M-26-14 Just Ended the Era of Tool-Stack Zero Trust

M-26-14 marks a significant shift in federal cybersecurity strategy: away from collecting everything and toward risk-based visibility, continuous monitoring, and evidence-driven Zero Trust. I explore why that shift makes strong asset inventory, data classification, security engineering, and visibility across the Zero Trust pillars more…

April 10, 2023

Marketing to AI Development: Efficiently and Effectively

Whether you’re wary or curious about AI development, the writing is on the wall: AI is here to stay and it is already sweeping across industries, making changes—for better or worse. Personally, when I’m nervous or confused about something, my first course of action…

February 7, 2023

Layoffs: we hear horror stories, day in and day out

More often than not, those stories are valid–uncaring HR managers, disconnected CEOs, bonuses that could have gone to keeping job security…you know, secure. It’s the same players on different boards. So, let me just take a moment to give a shout out to the…

January 31, 2023

Disability Disclosure

This might be a hot take but hear me out. 🔥 I 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 advocate for my mentees to disclose their disabilities when it is safe to do so. We’re not talking about companies that have a track record of NOT being safe. You know…

January 31, 2023

Marketing is for People

I know when a company doesn’t care about people like me. 👀 Before all else, I’d consider myself an educated consumer. I know what goes on in marketing campaigns and product design. I’ve sat at those tables, and I know what those conversations sound…

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