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shadowcat systems sufficiently advanced technology led by humans skip to content home company privacy policy data protection blog home company privacy policy data protection blog shadowcat systems sufficiently advanced technology led by humans contact us latest blogs trust modern software is a trust environment from the code tools to customer relationships to zero trust security protocols do you trust something that you have no insight into governance it is always a matter of who owns the system and that is a matter of who governs it if you are the one choosing to create or destroy you will own it but is that actually you or the tools you use domain knowledge ai tools are great at understanding a system but they don t need to understand the whole of your business you do it isn t just knowing the how it is the why the when and the who code authority code authority is the term we use to describe knowing what the code is doing we utilise tools but we don t let them replace humans making the choices no technology since nuclear fission will shape our collective future quite like artificial intelligence so it s paramount ai systems are safe secure trustworthy and socially responsible elham tabassidirector artificial intelligence and emerging technology initiativesenior fellow global economy and development at shadowcat systems we believe that systems and businesses should be human led we have decades of experience of software development and deployment we understand not just the benefits and opportunities of a modern ai assisted world but the risks and consequences of not being in control of it shadowcat can help you leverage the benefits of ai while helping to shield you from the pitfalls of not owning the results contact us if you have an existing codebase that has grown unrecognisable you want to modernise update to improve security or efficiency or just to reduce technical debt from library and modules being deprecated and replaced you want to introduce contemporary tools and practices including automation using ai but want to also keep control of system governance understanding and trust you want to review and standardise your development and deployment ecosystem to use industry best practices which enable you to evolve your infrastructure in a more secure and practical manner we have traditionally specialised in perl based software but also have competence in javascript python rust c and other languages over more than two decades we have helped companies to adapt and evolve their systems without always presenting the need for drastic solutions get started latest blogs a few things we re great at flexibility we have proven skills in working in a range of software environments from one man projects to large teams working on extensive frameworks over the years we have worked with a number of in house and remote teams to bring projects to completion and evolve existing codebases our team is famaliar with software enviromments ranging from contemporary tech stacks which utilise javascript typescript css frameworks and rust to more traditional languages such as perl c c python and php development we utilise best practices learned from decades of experience in projects and code environments using configuration management puppet chef ansible containerisation docker test frameworks clis test driven development tdd continuous integration and deployment pull request reviews data protection we practice and respect a strong adherence to data protection and data privacy our team has experience working with dpias and dpos and as both processors and controllers based in the uk and the eu our teams are protected by and respect the gdpr and work with your teams to show compliance to the regulations wherever you operate deployment management we shine when it comes to working in and evolving a modern development to deployment environment we can help transform or build processes and protocols that control your software journey from conceptual design through to being in production we are constantly seeking to work with people who want to integrate ai in a sensible human led manner latest blogs ai business it s almost always a process problem mark keating august 5 2026 0 some of you will shudder when you hear that and make the sign of the holy transistor others will let their eyes fill with wistful tears me as i said i m old i was tired of the zeitgeist before that phrase and i predate agile all the way back to the era just before rapid application development read more ai business software law 0 and how to circumvent it mike whitaker july 30 2026 0 if you think agentic ai coding is the road to zero or minimal effort code in vast quantities you are as previously discussed in various blogs here in for a world of hurt law 0 most definitely applies what you get may do what you want but you will have no clue what exactly it does or how it does it or what to do if the ai apocalypse hits and you can t afford the tokens to fix it you don t get brilliant secure pretty apps for free or even just for the cost of the tokens read more ai data protection gdpr do you know your data interlude mark keating july 6 2026 0 a digital existence often related to the digital footprint people leave as they navigate our heavily inter connected existence is like a trail left by a modern day net running hansel and gretel in the cyber forests when we click accept or submit or other interactive elements scroll through a feed filled with adverts and hyperlinks with their insistent calls to like and dislike buy a quirky object online save a link to a note app or repost to our own feeds we drop a digital breadcrumb to say where we have been and what we did there read more business data protection gdpr do you know your data part one mark keating june 29 2026 0 i asked them if they knew the devices that were used to access the data when they accessed the data what security was on each device i also asked if they used simple security such as two factor auth everywhere crucially i asked if they logged who had access when they had access what they had access to read more ai data protection gdpr software managing risk when using automated systems mark keating june 22 2026 0 in regards to business activities you have another vector for potential data legislation headaches that can be a security threat data processing that is out of scope or in breach of rights or consent or even uncertainty about where your data goes and what actions are performed on it this can lead to all sorts of problems read more business software from debt to discovery culling crocs in the creek mark keating june 18 2026 0 time and again we have seen how this holds people back from pursuing their core work you are too busy trying to stop being bitten by swamp sharks that you didn t notice how far you sunk into the creek and how close the water has come to drowning you read more ai business data protection gdpr using ai and data protection some risks to think about and mitigate mark keating june 14 2026 0 if you are using almost any modern office tools read more ai business software do you still have code authority mark keating june 13 2026 0 ai assisted development has pretty much become the standard manner of software creation especially greenfield projects or prototyping advancements and replacements that is affecting how and what we consider the importance or focus is for software engineers the balance between speed and what you create or control has fundamentally altered read more contact us fill in the form or contact us on social media please enable javascript in your browser to complete this form please enable javascript in your browser to complete this form name first last email optional comment message company optional comment or message website send query twitter facebook youtube trading address 40 norfolk street skerton lancaster la1 2bw company 05420396 vat number 868 9313 71 registered business 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