Get it together—see what’s happening.

That’s the promise of the new AWS Security Hub, a major upgrade to the platform provider’s suite of protection tool offerings. Users will be able to access a platform where security partners are all in one place, Michael Fuller, AWS director of security services, told IT Brew.

That aligns with how AWS manages its role as a major digital infrastructure provider.

“We’re thinking this is not just in enterprise security, but more broadly across AWS, where there’s opportunity to give customers this best-of-both-worlds approach,” Fuller said.

Learn what’s required of partners.—EH

Like the guardian angel who might have saved you from that head-on collision last week, AI agents may have a powerful protector that prevents things from spinning out of control.

“Guardian agents,” a term coined by Gartner, are a mix of AI governance and runtime controls that secure agentic activity. These capabilities help bolster trust in agents while protecting them from security risks, according to Avivah Litan, a distinguished VP analyst for Gartner Research.

“They make sure that the agents stay on track, do what they’re told, are not hijacked by bad actors, [and] are constrained in their agency,” she said.

If you are a company embracing AI agents, you need guardian agents, she added.

How to keep your guard up.—BM

Previously on Keeping up with AI assessment tools…

In case you missed it, IT Brew has been trying to determine the effectiveness of AI assessments, the tools that companies use to gauge their readiness for AI projects. According to technology firm Virtasant, more than one-third (37%) of companies underestimate the importance of these tools.

In our last story, we tested Avanade. For each assessment, we’ve taken the role of a fictional organization early in its AI journey that would likely need a lot of internal work to pursue large AI projects. The ultimate goal of our testing isn’t to compare end results, but to evaluate the types of insight and recommendations offered by each exam.

Got that? Great! Now let’s explore assessments offered by the Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) and GrayCyan.

Why IT Brew’s faux organization scored a 43.05 (oof!) out of 100.—BM