Kevin Harbauer
Transformation & Growth Executive
I have spent more than 20 years leading product, engineering, and security teams in environments where delivering results was not optional. CTO, CISO, and board advisor across PE-backed software, healthcare, and legal services. I write here about the work that is actually hard — technology leadership, AI adoption, security, and building organizations that execute.
Recent Articles
Where AI Governance Meets Platform Modernization
AI governance treated as compliance documentation fails when modernization runs on AI tooling. The concept that matters is decision auditability.
The AI Governance Market Landscape
Machine identities outnumber humans 82 to 1 in the average enterprise. Most are ungoverned. Here's the market, mapped by governance layer.
The Agent You Don't Know About
Every layer of your AI governance stack assumes the agent is visible. Shadow AI breaks that assumption. Discovery is the precondition for governance.
Nine Seconds Wasn't an AI Failure
An AI agent deleted a production database in nine seconds. The headlines blamed the agent. The actual failure was discipline that's existed for thirty years.
Proving What Happened
Logs tell you what happened. Audit trails tell you why — and whether it should have. Most organizations have one but not the other.
The Single Chokepoint
Agent gateways are the control plane for the digital workforce. Enterprises solved multi-vendor visibility before — the same pattern is forming again.