Issue 09
This issue is open. Stories published between September 25 – October 8, 2026 arrive here as contributors publish them.
Nobody Reads the Terms of Service. That Is Exactly How AI Vendors Want It
From Challenges to Impact: My Journey as a Woman in Technology
You're Angry? GOOD. Now go take that rage, that fury, that fire inside you and CREATE!
- Cybersecurity
Nobody Reads the Terms of Service. That Is Exactly How AI Vendors Want It
This article goes inside the specific clauses that matter most, training data rights, liability caps, IP provisions, data retention, and sub- rocessor governance and gives every founder and legal team the questions to ask before the next AI vendor contract lands on their desk.
By Stella Ojiuba·September 30, 2026·8 min·Contributor - Cybersecurity
From Challenges to Impact: My Journey as a Woman in Technology
From navigating challenges as a woman in technology to building expertise in cybersecurity and emerging technologies, this is a story of curiosity, resilience, and continuous growth. It explores how technical challenges can become opportunities to create meaningful impact, build trust, and inspire the next generation of women in tech.
By Preeti Mohapatra·October 4, 2026·7 min·Contributor - Cybersecurity
What Growing Startups Get Wrong About Compliance and What Actually Keeps You Safe
This article goes inside the gap between compliance and security, what SOC 2 and ISO 27001 actually cover, what falls through the gaps that most growing startups never examine, and what building a genuine security programme looks like beyond the certificate on the wall.
By Stella Ojiuba·October 6, 2026·8 min·Contributor
- Leadership
Your Future Self Would Not Be This Complacent!
You’ve been doing the work, taking the action, and showing up—and somehow the reality you want still feels out of reach. This is about finding out what your next-level self is doing differently and becoming her.
By Bansi Patel·September 26, 2026·6 min·Contributor - Leadership
You're Angry? GOOD. Now go take that rage, that fury, that fire inside you and CREATE!
What if the rage you're carrying isn't here to destroy you, but to fuel your next great creation? Stop wasting your fire on people and situations that don't deserve it, and learn how to turn that fury into art, ideas, work, and action.
By Bansi Patel·October 5, 2026·4 min·Contributor
- Career Journey
The journey of Becoming
I didn’t plan to build a career in cybersecurity. It started with a website, a Sunday morning phone call, and a problem I couldn’t stop thinking about. Looking back, I realize that sometimes a career isn’t something you figure out in advance it’s something you discover by following your curiosity and saying yes to what comes next.
By Imane Laaouane·September 26, 2026·5 min·Contributor - Career Journey
Maybe Your Next Move Is to Stop Moving!
You keep thinking you need to figure out your next move, fix your life, get more clarity, or finally “get into alignment.” But what if you’re not actually lost, you’re just exhausted, overstimulated, overthinking everything, and trying to make big decisions from a body that desperately needs you to slow the hell down?
By Bansi Patel·September 26, 2026·6 min·Contributor - Career Journey
Building The Foundations - From four people and a blank page to a Global Learning Organization - Part 1
A three part journey from “Do we really need this?” to “It’s good we have this.” Four people, a blank page and 13 chapters of procedures set in motion a journey that would shape a growing global learning organization in ways we could not have anticipated. This is the story of what happens when the work that feels least important at the beginning turns out to become part of the foundation for something much bigger.
By Sherol D'souza·October 8, 2026·8 min·Contributor
- Imane Laaouane
- Bansi Patel
- Bansi Patel
- Stella Ojiuba
- Preeti Mohapatra
- Bansi Patel
- Stella Ojiuba
- Preeti Mohapatra
- Sherol D'souza
- Suchita Kalele