# \[Defender Fridays\] The AI attack surface with Katherine McNamara - April 24

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**Category:** Defender Fridays\
**Created:** [April 22, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.limacharlie.com/t/defender-fridays-the-ai-attack-surface-with-katherine-mcnamara-april-24/674 "2026-04-22T21:26:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![nicoleboydlc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@nicoleboydlc](https://community.limacharlie.com/u/nicoleboydlc)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.limacharlie.com/t/defender-fridays-the-ai-attack-surface-with-katherine-mcnamara-april-24/674/1 "2026-04-22T21:26:41Z")

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![katherine_df](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/uploads/limacharlie/original/1X/b289832239625606bc5ceecd4c1096745e1d8aef.png)

Host: Katherine McNamara, Cybersecurity Technical Solutions Architect at Cisco

Topic: How AI and ML adoption in enterprise infrastructure has expanded the attack surface for AI-driven systems

She’ll walk through the security challenges unique to generative AI and ML-based architectures, and cover the four critical components: Model, Data, Application, and System, that organizations need to secure to maintain integrity.

Register for the series: [Defender Fridays | LimaCharlie](https://info.limacharlie.io/defender-fridays)

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**Author:** ![nicoleboydlc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@nicoleboydlc](https://community.limacharlie.com/u/nicoleboydlc)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.limacharlie.com/t/defender-fridays-the-ai-attack-surface-with-katherine-mcnamara-april-24/674/2 "2026-04-27T15:34:32Z")

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Chat links:

[Katherine’s LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/katherinermcnamara/)

[Katherine’s Cisco Press](https://www.ciscopress.com/authors/bio/40C592D6-07AF-4FCD-8EC7-C3B14EEDB82E)

[Katherine’s Networking Fun](https://www.network-node.com/about)

[Meta Director of AI Safety Allows AI Agent to Accidentally Delete Her Inbox](https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1rckxu7/meta_director_of_ai_safety_allows_ai_agent_to/?solution=e2dff0f16dca7be5e2dff0f16dca7be5&js_challenge=1&token=bbbe4bf1c9a2b5160829c4be34da5861eb3e823f718c66ecdb1c656535260269&jsc_orig_r=)

[Vercel confirms breach as hackers claim to be selling stolen data](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vercel-confirms-breach-as-hackers-claim-to-be-selling-stolen-data/)

[Airline held liable for its chatbot giving passenger bad advice - what this means for travellers](https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240222-air-canada-chatbot-misinformation-what-travellers-should-know)

[Signal phishing warning: Trigger likely attack on Julia Klöckner](https://www.heise.de/en/news/Signal-phishing-warning-Trigger-likely-attack-on-Julia-Kloeckner-11268773.html)

[Katherine’s X](https://x.com/kmcnam1)

[Contact Katherine](https://www.network-node.com/contact)