Exciting news. Here is the Press Release. You can get your copy at Amazon.

The only book to cover the entire AI Security space as of two weeks ago.

Last April I wrote about the coming Intelligence Explosion as predicted in the AI 2027 Scenario.

Here are more predictions based on the concept of the intelligence explosion described in AI 2027. Keep in mind that we are talking about the biggest technological shift in our lifetimes; bigger than the internet, mobile computing, virtualization, and cloud computing. So there are going to be outsize changes in the landscape.

-By the end of 2026, 95% of all SOCs will use AI agents including those of MSSPs. In other words, most medium to large companies will see a dramatic decline in their security spend and will no longer need a large percent of their security teams.

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That post ruffled some feathers. Chime in there if you have thoughts about my prediction.

When Security Yearbook 2025 went to press last January we tracked 80 vendors in the AI Security category. By April, I reported the number was 96. When I sat down to write Guardians we were up to 295. To get to that number I had to go back to look at the 512 vendors founded in 2022-2025 and had to re-categorize many to AI Security. I only started tracking AI Security as a separate category in 2024.

When the manuscript for Guardians was complete two weeks ago there were 378 AI Security vendors.

Today we track 407 AI Security Vendors.

The companion site to the book, guardiansofthemachineage.com, has profiles of 610 vendors because it also includes legacy vendors that have pivoted to AI Security or have introduced AI Security products. One more prediction: within 12 months more than 95% of vendors will be AI Security.

Writing a book is like creating a startup. It requires a business plan, a product, marketing, and sales. It also takes investment. The investors in Guardians include our sponsors:

Surf.ai launched this morning with $57 million in backing. I will be signing books in their “Surf Shack” in San Francisco at 1 PM on Tuesday, March 24. Grab a spot here: rsvp.surf.ai.

I will be signing books at a dinner hosted by Quilr on the 24th. Reach out if you want an invitation.

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