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Europe clamps down on global hackers.

Mar 17, 2026
Erica L. Shoemate, former FBI intelligence analyst and public policy strategist, now leads The EN Strategy Group. She discusses how AI is compressing decision timelines and reshaping who holds power. They cover changing threat dynamics, the need for human-in-the-loop controls, and how ethics and accountability must be designed into systems.
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INSIGHT

Analytic Tradecraft Transfers Across Threats

  • Experience across counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and crimes against children yields transferable analytic tradecraft.
  • Erica L. Shoemate credits small-field assignments for exposing her to many roles and honing adaptable analytic frameworks.
INSIGHT

AI Compresses Decision Time And Shifts Power

  • AI compresses detection, decision-making, and response timelines, changing who effectively holds power in security operations.
  • Erica L. Shoemate warns legacy frameworks assume human-paced escalations, but AI lets adversaries and defenders act far faster and asymmetrically.
ADVICE

Embed Ethics Into Systems Not People

  • Embed ethics and accountability into workflows rather than relying on individual goodwill.
  • Shoemate prescribes human-in-the-loop for high-impact decisions, predefined consequences, kill switches, and post-incident learning reviews.
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