I work on the part of security that has feelings.

I help people stay safe as AI changes how we build software. I also work on the messier human bit, the problems that show up when attackers have AI too and we can't tell what's real any more.

What I write about

Building software with AI, safely

Secure development when agents and non-developers write code.

Trust when anything can be faked

Deepfakes, my own clone, consent and synthetic identity.

Building it in the open

What I'm learning as I build something new: the decisions, the mistakes, the team.

Latest writing

From assembler to AI agents: what each abstraction shift taught developers

Anyone else having some weird existential crisis or just me?

By Laura Bell Main

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Nov 11, 2026

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2 min read

Eleven questions I wish someone had asked me

What to settle before your organisation uses deepfakes of its own staff for security testing: consent, ownership, and what happens to a synthetic likeness after the company changes hands.

By Laura Bell Main

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Nov 11, 2026

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6 min read

Speaking

I talk about AI, human risk and the uncomfortable parts of security that involve people rather than systems. I've keynoted and joined panels around the world, including Black Hat USA.

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Books

Agile Application Security and Security for Everyone. Both argue that security is a quality of good software, not a discipline bolted to the side of it.

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