Securing the AI Factory
A Practitioner’s Guide for Modern AI Platforms
Cybersecurity • AI Platforms • Architecture

Securing the AI Factory

A Practitioner’s Guide by Colin Marks
AI factories broke the old security model. Compute density, east–west traffic, model risk, and sovereignty changed every assumption. Securing the AI Factory gives practitioners a defensible, vendor‑neutral blueprint for building AI platforms that work at three in the morning, not just in a slide deck.
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About the Book
A cybersecurity blueprint for modern AI factories.

Securing the AI Factory: A Practitioner’s Guide distills years of real‑world architecture sessions, war rooms, and sovereign AI builds into a single, actionable reference for teams who build and secure AI platforms.

Inside the book:

  • Vendor‑neutral AI factory reference architecture
  • Seven security pillars that anchor every control
  • Seven enforcement points from identity to observability
  • Sovereign AI patterns and residency enforcement tiers
  • Regulatory alignment for EU AI Act, NIS2, GDPR, and US state‑level AI laws
  • Practitioner checklists and maturity scoring rubrics
  • Appendices A–J with diagrams, templates, and evidence flows
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Who This Book Is For
Written for the people who carry the responsibility of securing AI platforms.

If you build or secure AI factories, NeoClouds, or Bare Metal‑as‑a‑Service (BMaaS), this book is your map.

CISOs & Security Leaders
Clarity on what “defensible” looks like for AI platforms under board and regulator scrutiny.
AI & Platform Architects
A reference architecture and enforcement model that turns diagrams into enforceable systems.
SOC & Operations Teams
A view of where controls live, how evidence flows, and what must be observable in real time.
Sovereign AI Operators
Residency, isolation, and operational independence patterns for sovereign AI factories.
Regulators & Compliance
A structured way to reason about obligations, controls, and evidence in AI platforms.
Speaking & Workshops
Turning the book into conversations, decisions, and platform change.

Colin offers talks and workshops based on Securing the AI Factory, tailored for executive teams, architecture groups, and operations leaders.

Keynote: Securing the AI Factory
How AI platforms broke the old security model — and what a defensible AI factory must prove.
The Seven Enforcement Points
Where policy becomes real in the AI factory, from identity and perimeter to model plane and observability.
Sovereign AI Factories
Residency, isolation, evidence, and operational independence for sovereign AI platforms.
From Diagrams to Enforcement
Turning architecture into enforceable controls, evidence flows, and operational guardrails.
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